Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

Well, as many of you know, we just wrapped up our blister summit, and it was amazing, but we are pretty tired and our brains might not be firing on all cylinders just yet.

We might just need another day or two to recover.

Nevertheless, I wanted to catch up with Luke Kappa because I didn't really get a chance to actually talk to him all that much at the summit.

And he and I were both skiing a bunch of different skis.

And I was kind of missing my like checking with Luke to hear about the stuff he'd been skiing.

And so basically, that's what you're going to get.

We're just doing it as a gear 30 podcast

so yeah you know ski talk with luke and jonathan this episode of gear 30 is presented by our

blister recommended shop in norway vertical playground and vpg has a message specifically for

our norwegian listeners and for those of you who will go there this spring to do some beautiful ski touring in the Fjordlands.

The folks at Vertical Playground want you to know that there is still plenty of snow in the mountains and you're going to get some really long days now.

This is the prime touring season in Norway, and you can go to www.vpg.org to get your backcountry

gear, whether that is avi gear or climbing skins, or even a new pair of boots or skis.

Or even better, you can stop by the shop in Optal on your way to the mountains

and get some condition updates inside tips or professional boot fitting, too.

Spring is also the time for steeper ski mountaineering adventures,

and when it comes to safety and climbing equipment, VPG has your back.

So just go speak to their expert staff about your needs.

They are available via chat or email or phone,

and you can find all of that on their web page or in person at their shop.

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