Mountain Life
  • Daily Content
    • Trips & Expeditions
    • Climbing
    • Mountain Biking
    • Mountain Lifer
    • Multiplicity
    • On The Trail
    • Paddling
    • Photography
    • Skiing
    • Snowboarding
    • Stay & Play
    • Surfing
    • The Great Outdoors
    • The ML Interview
    • Travel
  • GEAR
  • VIDEOS
  • STORE
  • Magazines
    • ML Coast Mountains
    • ML Rocky Mountains
    • Vie En Montagne
    • ML Blue Mountains
    • ML Annual
    • ML Subscriptions
  • ABOUT
    • What is ML?
    • Our Team
    • Newsletter
    • Adventure Grant
    • Distribution
  • Podcast
  • Contests
  • CONTACT
    • ML Agency
    • Advertising
    • Contribute
Subscription Form

Get notified of the best News

Social Links
Instagram 22K Followers
Facebook 25K Likes
Twitter 5K Followers
Pinterest 1K Followers
Vimeo 34 Followers
LinkedIn 0
22K Followers
25K Likes
5K Followers
1K Followers
Mountain Life
Mountain Life
  • Daily Content
    • Trips & Expeditions
    • Climbing
    • Mountain Biking
    • Mountain Lifer
    • Multiplicity
    • On The Trail
    • Paddling
    • Photography
    • Skiing
    • Snowboarding
    • Stay & Play
    • Surfing
    • The Great Outdoors
    • The ML Interview
    • Travel
  • GEAR
  • VIDEOS
  • STORE
  • Magazines
    • ML Coast Mountains
    • ML Rocky Mountains
    • Vie En Montagne
    • ML Blue Mountains
    • ML Annual
    • ML Subscriptions
  • ABOUT
    • What is ML?
    • Our Team
    • Newsletter
    • Adventure Grant
    • Distribution
  • Podcast
  • Contests
  • CONTACT
    • ML Agency
    • Advertising
    • Contribute
  • CLIMBING
  • In This Issue
  • Mountain Lifer
  • Photography
  • Trips & Expeditions

ML Coast Mountains Fall/Winter 2022-23 Out Now

  • November 4, 2022
  • Mountain Life Media
Total
2
Shares
1
0
1
0
0
0
Total
2
Shares
Share 1
Tweet 0
Pin it 1
Share 0
Share 0
Share 0

It’s a crazy world out there but the hills are dusted with snow and another great winter looms. The Badass Issue of ML Coast Mountains digs into the concept of badassery and those who embody it in the wild places we love.

Feet First

Historically, the term “badass” originates from African-American slang in the mid/late 1800s where “bad” was used to mean “good, in a very tough or ruthless way.” Adding the word “ass” to an adjective to give it a bit more zest—smartass, dumbass, crazy-ass—became widely popular in the 1920s. By the mid-50s, the Black community had coined “badass” as someone who refused to submit to the oppressive culture of the time. During the rise of funk music and Blaxploitation films in the 70s, “badass” was synonymous with the idea of confidence, toughness and disaffectedness.

Paul McSorley Marc Andre Leclerc Sioux Wall Scotland PAUL BRIDE
Paul McSorley and Marc-André Leclerc, Sioux Wall VIII 8. Scotland. Photo: PAUL BRIDE

And it went downhill from there. These days, the term, and idea, of “badass” has been largely co-opted by the mainstream media and marketing departments (aka: people who rarely, if ever, actually do anything badass). Is the new Rolls-Royce EV super coupe actually “maximally badass,” or is it just expensive? 

Even worse, there’s a recent trend of using the word “badass” to describe women doing something that, were a man doing it, would not be considered extraordinary: the female “badass” leading a corporate team or a company is a common example—she may be a badass, but it’s for more than simply being a leader. Likewise, is Taylor Swift really a “badass” for writing her own music, or is she just a very talented songwriter? Mainstream society needs to think more before it speaks (but what else is new?).

ML Coast Mountains Fall winter 2022 23 cover
ON THE COVER: Enjoying the cowboy days of Chugach, Alaska in the Early Nineties with legendary pilot Chet Simmens, Trevor Petersen (left) and Eric Pehota (right) came up with an ingenious way to expedite unload times on high summits with steep, less-than-ideal landing zones. “It was an underpowered 206 with no baskets,” Pehota recalls. “You had to climb over the pontoons, it was a shitshow. So we figured if we sat on our skis, Chet could nose us in and if we both hopped off at the same time we could be done in under ten seconds. It felt efficient but years later I learned about violent downdrafts, random powerful gusts that could have blown us right up into the rotors. Once I got my pilot’s license I don’t think I’d do that without being strapped in.” Photo: MARK GALLUP

Out here in the mountains however, badassery is alive and well. Because to go out and willingly and repeatedly do stuff that can break, maim, or kill you is totally badass. So is suffering weeks of frozen discomfort for a few shining moments of freedom and fun. Refusing to play by the rules has always been badass (especially the rules of gravity), and taking the hits or forging the paths so someone else doesn’t have to is the sort of badass we need more of. Kindness is as badass as it gets.


Check the ML Podcast!

12623180815635444042

The truth is, every issue of Mountain Life is a bit of a badass issue, because these mountains attract and nurture badass people. And they always have—astute readers will notice there are a lot of names and images in here of badasses we’ve lost along the way—legends and trailblazers who lived life on their own terms and continue to inspire us to do the same.

Geoff Brown Whistler Guy Fattal
Geoff Brown, Whistler backcountry. “The clouds rolled in and it began to snow,” says Photographer Guy Fattal, “so i searched for a unique composition that would highlight the elements as Geoff put together a backside double cork 1080.” Photo: guy fattal

The biggest badasses fly under the radar, and badassery is certainly subjective—though when someone starts telling you they are, they probably aren’t. (If we tell you though, that’s totally fine.) And while it’s easy to get badass while shirking responsibility, the badasses we like are kinda the opposite—it’s badass to leave the campsite better than you found it and the biggest badass of all is the one who does something for someone else and expects nothing in return.

Here’s to a badass winter, giv’r.  –Feet Banks


Mag Highlights

Features


In Search of Suffering
tatum chomlackphoto ak 2022 2
Tatum Monod gets some. Photo: Chad Chomlack

Hunker down with Tatum Monod, Robyn Van Gyn, Nadine Overwater and Taylor Godber for a multi-week, self-supported camping/shred trip deep into the snowiest place in Alaska, a wind-torn, towering-peak-lined 2,600-foot-high gap in the Chugach Mountains known as Thompson Pass. 

The ML Interview: Jess Kimura
kealan schilling Rhode Island Winter 2015 KealanShilling 068
Jess Kimura. Photo: KEALAN SHILLING

Coming off the success of Learning to Drown, her ground-breaking film about drive, injury, love, loss, and mental health, Jess Kimura talks about grinding out a decade in the snowboarding trenches, breaking down walls, transcending expectations, and what the future looks like for a legendary badass after she cracks open her soft, gooey, emotional core for all the world to see.

Killing it Softly
mlrm-winter-2022-23
Photo: Mattias Fredriksson

Ski mountaineer Christina Lustenberger is blazing a smoking trail of first descents with a quiet-but-effervescent style that makes the terrifying look easy.

Departments
Mountain Lifer Ricky Lewon
lewonscanIMG 20221014 0004
No stranger to winning races, Lewon is best known locally for winning the infamous Garfinkel’s Cup pro race, then later stealing the cup from the Garf’s trophy case when the bar was closed for renovations. Photo: Supplied by Ricky Lewon

The bad boy of 1980s ski racing looks back on life in the gates, the old Whistler party scene, and why sometimes people need to stop being so serious and just go skiing.

Just the Tip
Screenshot 2022 11 04 at 11.24.50 AM

We always knew Brett Tippie was a comic book hero.

Beyond
Jon Turk polar bear
illustration: Lani Imre

Remember that time a polar bear poked his head into the tent? Jon Turk does.

Plus: Jeff Holden and Bruce Rowles, Culture Keeper Talon Pascal, The Unknown Sender, The Cloth Bag Princess, and Certified Badassery from Blake Jorgenson, Andrew Bradley, Dave Basterrechea, and more.

Check the whole issue online here or grab a mag at all the usual awesome local spots.

ML

Check the ML Podcast!

ML-podcast-cover

Total
2
Shares
Share 1
Tweet 0
Pin it 1
Share 0
Share 0
Share 0
Related Topics
  • Alaska
  • COAST MOUNTAINS
  • Heli skiing
  • Whistler Blackcomb
Mountain Life Media

Previous Article
Greenman-Acres-Cannabis-farm-Colin-Field-drone
  • Food & Drink
  • Mountain Lifer
  • Ontario

Green Tsunami: Behind the Scenes at an Organic Cannabis Farm

  • November 3, 2022
  • Mountain Life Media
View Post
Next Article
Olang-Spider-VB
  • THE GEAR SHED
  • WINTER GEAR

Winter Hikers: Olang Spider VB

  • November 4, 2022
  • Ned Morgan
View Post
You May Also Like
Bora-Boreal-Quebec-winter-cabin-stars
View Post
  • Mountain Lifer
  • Stay & Play

Bora Boréal: Frozen in Time and Ice

  • Mountain Life Media
  • March 14, 2023
Uncertainty-mountains-Rockies
View Post
  • CLIMBING
  • Rockies

Facing Uncertainty: The Role of Chance in Mountain Adventures

  • Mountain Life Media
  • March 13, 2023
The-High-Route-Kaytlyn-Gerbin-Jenny-Abegg-North-Cascades-High-Route-glacier-hiking
View Post
  • On The Trail
  • Trips & Expeditions
  • Videos

Friday Flick: Alpine Ultra-Run Sufferfest

  • Ned Morgan
  • March 10, 2023
rope-tow-Vancouver-Island
View Post
  • Skiing
  • Trips & Expeditions

Poached Winter

  • Mountain Life Media
  • March 7, 2023
Skiis-and-Biikes
View Post
  • Mountain Lifer
  • Ontario
  • Skiing
  • Snowboarding

Skiis & Biikes Looks to the Future

  • Mountain Life Media
  • March 6, 2023
A-Forest-Journey-Patagonia-cover-photo
View Post
  • Mountain Lifer

A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization

  • Ned Morgan
  • March 2, 2023
Nalaga-Avis-O_Brien
View Post
  • Mountain Lifer
  • Women

Bringer of Light: A Conversation with N’alaga

  • Editor
  • March 1, 2023
Bruhns-Antarctica-splitboard
View Post
  • Snowboarding
  • Trips & Expeditions

Blowin’ in the Wind: Field Reports from Sea/Shred Adventure to Antarctica

  • Mountain Life Media
  • February 24, 2023
Featured Posts
  • Mustang-Survival-WOMENS-HELIX-CCS 1
    Gear Shed: Our End-of-Winter Picks
    • March 23, 2023
  • natural-selection-Redbull 2
    Friday Flick: Natural Selection Tour Highlights
    • March 17, 2023
  • Powder-Highway-BC-ski 3
    Powder Highway Revisited
    • March 21, 2023
  • AleTrailsSouthernInterior_Vernon_MikeGamble_LookoutTrail_BenHaggarPhoto 4
    Ale Trails: Southern Interior Part 1, Vernon + Shuswap
    • March 20, 2023
  • Bora-Boreal-Quebec-winter-cabin-stars 5
    Bora Boréal: Frozen in Time and Ice
    • March 14, 2023
RECENT POSTS
  • Elements-Outfitters-Filson-cabin
    Elements Outfitters Partners with SALTS to Protect Alberta’s Incredible Landscapes
    • March 16, 2023
  • Uncertainty-mountains-Rockies
    Facing Uncertainty: The Role of Chance in Mountain Adventures
    • March 13, 2023
  • The-High-Route-Kaytlyn-Gerbin-Jenny-Abegg-North-Cascades-High-Route-glacier-hiking
    Friday Flick: Alpine Ultra-Run Sufferfest
    • March 10, 2023
Social Links
Instagram 22K Followers
Facebook 25K Likes
Twitter 5K Followers
Pinterest 1K Followers
Vimeo 34 Followers
LinkedIn 0
INSTAGRAM
mountainlifemedia
22K Followers
From The Gear Shed: Last Monday was the official start of spring, but we know there’s still some winter to be shredded. So ML staff and partners have picked the latest jackets, lanterns, bindings, mugs and drysuits for winter-spring.
Exploring the sights around beautiful Sutton, Quebec with ML creator @adv_bird ❄️🫶
Back on the road with three generations, dancing lifties, best-on-planet pizza and elusive-but-exquisite pow days.
Live It Up EP 24 is out now!
The Southern Interior region of BC holds an ecological cross-section of the province with alpine meadows, arid Douglas fir grasslands, damp cedar and hemlock forests of the Columbia Mountains and the warm expanse of Shuswap Lake.
Do Not Disturb mode activated ✅ #mountainlifer
Conceived by superhuman snowboarder @travisrice, the @naturalselection Tour highlights earth’s premier riders, from big-mountain mavens to Olympians, all competing on the most stoketastic—and unpredictable—terrain known to humankind.
Built upon a shared desire to enjoy, respect, and advocate for Alberta’s incredible landscapes, it was a natural fit for @elementsoutfitters to work with a local conservation organization @saltslandtrust to highlight the province’s rugged beauty and outdoor apparel to match.
THE UNINVITED INVITATIONAL April 13-16 @woodwardtahoe 😱 $40,000 cash prize purse and a whole lotta spotlight on a group of riders whose time has finally come!! Presented by @jess.kimura and @thenorthface and supported by @yeti @capitasupercorp @slushthemagazine @unionbindingco @smithoptics @sunbum @coalheadwear @fattire 🫡 watch the finals in person Saturday April 15 and join the crew + @btbounds for a public ride day Sunday April 16 @borealmtn. Time to make some history!!! #linkinbio to learn more!
Close your eyes and, for a moment, imagine yourself deep in the polar regions aboard an expedition ship stuck in the ice. The white pack-ice is dazzling, and the immobile vessel seems frozen in time and space. That experience piques your curiosity, doesn't it? Without having to go all the way to Antarctica, you can experience these icy sensations 30 minutes from Quebec City in one of Bora Boréal 's two floating cottages.
Follow

Subscribe

Subscribe now to our newsletter

From The Gear Shed: Last Monday was the official start of spring, but we know there’s still some winter to be shredded. So ML staff and partners have picked the latest jackets, lanterns, bindings, mugs and drysuits for winter-spring.
Exploring the sights around beautiful Sutton, Quebec with ML creator @adv_bird ❄️🫶
Back on the road with three generations, dancing lifties, best-on-planet pizza and elusive-but-exquisite pow days.
Live It Up EP 24 is out now!
The Southern Interior region of BC holds an ecological cross-section of the province with alpine meadows, arid Douglas fir grasslands, damp cedar and hemlock forests of the Columbia Mountains and the warm expanse of Shuswap Lake.
Do Not Disturb mode activated ✅ #mountainlifer
Mountain Life
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
  • Advertising

Input your search keywords and press Enter.