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Ok, you have purchased all the gear.   You have spent the time and money to enter the wonderful world of AT ski touring.  You have spent the winter walking up the local ski area, and have even done a few hut trips.  You have even ventured into the backcountry in the spring and you are hooked.  Ski touring the local peaks is something you have fallen in love with.  You page through Face Book posts from people out in far off ranges, and you find yourself dreaming of doing this yourself.  You are in the best shape of your life,...

Steve and Mike Marolt sporting Tissot on Ampato, Peru... I was wondering around Everest basecamp several years ago, and noticed that all the lead guides were wearing the same watch, a Tissot brand altimeter watch.  I approached our logistics guy, Kari Kobler, who had his watch, and in his thick Swiss accent, “Oh damn, this is the best watch I ever had, fabulous!  I can’t live without my Tissot on these trips…”   Upon looking at it, I knew why.  Tissot is a Swiss watch company that has been around since the beginning of time, pun intended.   In  the watch...

    Broad Peak, Karakorum, Pakistan, 12th Highest Peak I remember it and will never forget. My climbing partner Jim Gile had departed base camp earlier that week, and with the expedition done, my identical twin brother Steve and I were left to clean the high camps on the 12th highest mountain in the world, Broad Peak in the heart of the Karakorum Range in Pakistan.   Steve and I had climbed the previous day to camp 2 at 21,000 feet, but early that morning, he woke up with dry heaves, too sick to go higher, and questionable to help haul...

These were the best accommodations we have ever had before climbing a big peak. The Tambopaxi hut sits on the grassy plain on the north side of Cotopaxi (19,347 ft.) which is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. Tambopaxi Hut with the beautiful conical shape of Cotopaxi in the background.

https://vimeo.com/165094780   Click for link to The Ski Channel Interview where they ask about how we have climbed and skied so long and avoided death.   I hate talking about such things but they asked and I responded.....