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GEAR:30

Alpenglow Mtn Festival + Stuff We Learned during Spring Ski Testing

GEAR:30

BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We talk with Blister editors, Luke Koppa and Sam Shaheen, about the recent Alpenglow Mountain Festival and running with our hero, Courtney Dauwalter. Then we talk about some of the key things we learned during our ski testing this spring, including the correct thing to think about Domino's thin-crust pizza, dumb gear, and great gear.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Luke's recap of the Alpenglow Summer Mountain Festival (2:01)
  • In praise of our hero, Courtney Dauwalter (4:02)
  • Rants & Revelations from our spring ski testing - #1: Domino's thin-crust pizza (7:36)
  • Recommendation #2: Primus Kuchoma Grill (11:05)
  • On Hubris - groomers & pond skims (12:08)
  • Rant #1: waterproof jackets: hard shells vs soft shells (19:05)
  • Rant #2: socks (24:14)
  • Rant #3: waterproof low-cut shoes (26:33)
  • Recommendation #3: Patagonia's new R1 TechFace (28:18)
  • Recommendation #4: the redesigned Flylow Richie Hoody (29:15)


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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.

0:09.3

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out all the stuff we're up to over at blisterreview.com.

0:17.3

Today I'm joined by Blister editors, Luke Kappa and Sam Shaheen, to provide a bit of a recap of some of the stuff we've been up to in June.

0:25.6

We are going to cover mountain festivals, running with your heroes, and then things get a little weird.

0:31.6

We talk about what Sam, Luke, and I learned while spending day after day testing skis together this spring, then spending

0:38.6

night after night in a cramped hotel room together.

0:42.0

We wrap up by sharing with you some of Sam and Luke's favorite rants about gear, but we

0:46.6

end on a positive note talking about a couple of pieces of gear that we really like.

0:51.7

So get ready to hear about Mountain festivals, humble legends, lessons learned this

0:56.7

spring, one important Greek philosophical concept, the correct thing to think about Domino's

1:02.7

thin crust pizza, and why Luke and Sam seem to hate all things that are waterproof and

1:08.6

evidently socks too.

1:12.0

And on that note,

1:12.8

have fun,

1:13.2

everybody.

1:19.3

It's good to be talking with both of you.

1:19.7

Granted,

1:20.6

we,

1:21.7

I've talked a ton.

1:23.2

I talked to you two more than,

1:23.8

I don't know,

1:25.8

basically everyone in my life,

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