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Free-ski legend Glen Plake – joins the international SALEWA alpineXtrem team
Glen Plake & Salewa
alpineXtrem Team winter 2010 / 2011Free-ski legend Glen Plake – joins the international SALEWA alpineXtrem team
The international SALEWA alpineXtrem team has increased its strength to 17 members. The famously mohawked Glen Plake from California is one of the founders of free skiing and big mountain skiing. Now he stands next to Christoph Hainz and Kurt Albert in the SALEWA team‘s pantheon of living legends. He brings over 30 years of mountain experience to enrich the team and the brand. Glen Plake is regarded as a living legend in the worlds of free skiing and big mountain skiing. He is three-time world champion in free skiing, has conquered 60°-steep ice walls at altitudes of over 6,000 m, and continues to do so over the age of 40. He and his Mohawk hairstyle have had a colourful impact on the world of free skiing and big mountain skiing over the last two decades. The famous „Powder Magazine” named him their „most influential skier the 35 years since the magazine was founded” in 2006. As a new member of the international SALEWA alpineXtrem team, he stands shoulder to shoulder with Kurt Albert, the founder of red point climbing, and Christoph Hainz, the inspiring leader of the team. Glen and his colleagues in free ski mountaineering are communicating their wishes for products and giving the product developers and designers the benefit of their experience.
Glen – a trailblazer in free ski mountaineering
Free ski mountaineering is not a new marketing word. It is the quintessence in the history of alpinism. Seasoned mountain sports people want a way to live their passion even during the cold winter months. They sound out possible ascent routes and then try out next-to impossible ski descents. „Climb to ski“ is the simple and yet extremely challenging principle which has become the king discipline of winter mountain sports. Upwards using ice pick, crampons, and rope safety systems, through snow crust, ice and rock. Downwards through untouched snow across high altitude terrain, through narrow couloirs and steep flanks. Borne atop of boards that mean all the world on days like this. Glen more recently brought the free ski mountaineering spirit to the Indian Himalayas in 2006, with descents of up to 60° on steep, compacted snow flanks.
Glen: Welcome to the team.
Glen – a trailblazer in free ski mountaineering
Free ski mountaineering is not a new marketing word. It is the quintessence in the history of alpinism. Seasoned mountain sports people want a way to live their passion even during the cold winter months. They sound out possible ascent routes and then try out next-to impossible ski descents. „Climb to ski“ is the simple and yet extremely challenging principle which has become the king discipline of winter mountain sports. Upwards using ice pick, crampons, and rope safety systems, through snow crust, ice and rock. Downwards through untouched snow across high altitude terrain, through narrow couloirs and steep flanks. Borne atop of boards that mean all the world on days like this. Glen more recently brought the free ski mountaineering spirit to the Indian Himalayas in 2006, with descents of up to 60° on steep, compacted snow flanks.
Glen: Welcome to the team.