FALL/WINTER2016
MLCM
93
TheSecret of Life
Eric:
“It’s anold clichéofmine: I lovepeople, but I like ‘embestwhen
they’renot around. I just likehavingmy space and I can’t imaginenot
being able to get outside. I only sit down to eat, there’s no sittingon a
couch or something. I lay down to sleep, I sit down to eat, otherwise
I’ll be outsideworking, skiing, snowmobiling, racing rally cars, flying
airplanes, driving boats… I want to do it all. Maybe helicopters are
next.Variety is the spice of life.”
BackcountrySafety
Eric:
“I think the key is becoming comfortable in your environment.
Get out there five or six days a week and you’ll become one with it,
you’ll know the snowpack andwhat is happening. I am by nomeans
an expert, there are peoplewith a lotmore training thanme. But for
me, safety comes from that intimacy of knowing where you are and
what has been happening there. The first thing I do when I go to a
new area is find someonewhoknows the area and spends a lot of time
out there, thenwe sit down and chat.”
BreakingTrai
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Eric:
“The ultimate goal for me is to always go places people have
never been before. Logan and I were lucky last year to get out pretty
deep—it took us five days, but we got into a valley no one has ever
been in. I like that feeling, adventuremode. It’s like breaking trail at
the start of a seasonor being the first guy to ski a chute.Once the trail
is in, I like going somewhere else. It’s like skiing, who likes tracks? It’s
alwaysmore funwithno tracks.”
TOP
Logan flying in the family footsteps. ERICPEHOTA.
UPPERMIDDLE
Shotgun Eric!
ERICBERGER.
LOWERMIDDLE
Parveen, the secretweapon,withher two young sons.
ERICPEHOTA.
BOTTOM
Eric and Logan inAlaska. ANDREW STRAIN
