{"id":13265,"date":"2022-11-28T20:08:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/altitude-junkies-watch-ultralight-plane-skiing-in-line-air\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:08:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:08:28","slug":"altitude-junkies-watch-ultralight-plane-skiing-in-line-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/altitude-junkies-watch-ultralight-plane-skiing-in-line-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Altitude Junkies: Watch Ultralight Plane Skiing in \u2018LINE &#038; AIR\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-175788\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-28-at-9.59.42-AM-300x181.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"THeoxGXfaUU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LINE &amp; AIR | The North Face\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/THeoxGXfaUU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-wrapper grid-x\">\n<p class=\"byline\">November 28, 2022<span class=\"pipe\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/author\/sanderson\" title=\"Posts by Sam Anderson\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gjan\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div>Support us! GearJunkie might earn a small fee from affiliate hyperlinks on this article. <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn extra<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">There\u2019s one premium advantage in advancing huge mountain snowboarding: ski greater mountains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The drawback turns into how do you get on prime of them within the first place?<\/strong> Ski mountaineering has its logistical and physiological limits, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/winter\/one-of-those-days-3-candide-thovex-helicopter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">so do helicopters<\/a><\/strong>: wind or terrain with no touchdown zones.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatives? Well, you possibly can reduce the wind threat and stroll time with an ultralight aircraft. That\u2019s what pilot and skier G\u00e9raldine Fasnacht does, ever since she acquired her pilot\u2019s license. She stands on the wings of a longtime vanguard: that Hermann Geiger opened the very best touchdown spot in Switzerland, 4,370 meters up the Monte Rosa glacier, in 1921.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Fasnacht and her cohort apply the identical methods to open huge new ski strains.<\/p>\n<p>Watch it go down \u2014 and up, and up, and up \u2014 in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheNorthFace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The North Face<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s \u201cLINE &amp; AIR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 38.5 minutes<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n<div class=\"thumb-image cell small-4 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/winter\/skiing\/night-skiing-flare?sce=post-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"lazy wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-200x133.jpg?ssl=1\" src-retina=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2019\/01\/heatseeker-400x266.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" alt=\"Heat Seeker\" title=\"Big-Mountain Night Skiing By Aerial Flare Is Inherently Awesome\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell small-8 last\">\n<h5>Big-Mountain Night Skiing By Aerial Flare Is Inherently Awesome<\/h5>\n<div>This video has each spectacular snowboarding and mind-blowing filmmaking. 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After going to varsity to be a author, he acquired distracted (or saved) by mountaineering and spent a lot of the subsequent decade on the highway, supporting himself with commerce work. He&#8217;s had addresses within the Adirondack Mountains, Las Vegas, and in some way Kansas, however his coronary heart belongs within the Texas hill nation. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"topics\"><span class=\"tags-title\">Topics: <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/news\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/winter\/skiing\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Skiing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/winter\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winter<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\"><span class=\"tags-title\">Tags:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/tag\/the-north-face\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The North Face<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/tag\/big-mountain-skiing\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">huge mountain snowboarding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '255934891409813');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\nfbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n<\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3&appId=1581013275506378\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] November 28, 2022\u00a0|\u00a0By Sam Anderson Support us! 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