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Jackie Paaso on her Arctic 12 Expedition

BLISTER Podcast

BLISTER

Wilderness, Bike, Gear, Snowboard, Outdoor, Sports, Ski, Health & Fitness

4.8560 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We talk to the American skier who now calls Sweden home, Jackie Paaso, about her very raw, very real new film, The Arctic 12. We discuss her background; being on the Freeride World Tour with her husband, Reine Barkered; and the ins and outs of their 26-day expedition through the tallest peaks of northern Sweden.

TOPICS & TIMES

  • Jackie’s background (2:01)
  • Ending up in Europe (4:14)
  • Freeskiing career (11:46)
  • Incoming! Baby’s on the way! (13:52)
  • The Arctic 12 (18:41)
  • Initial vision for the project (20:20)
  • Final objectives (23:15)
  • Communication & group dynamics (27:55)
  • Key takeaways? (39:25)
  • When / where to watch the film? (52:53)

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,

0:09.0

and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com, including a new

0:17.4

article we've posted that goes deep into the details with just about everything you need to know

0:22.8

if you are planning a trip to Gunnison and Crested Butte. We put this guide together because we get a lot

0:29.9

of people asking us questions about how best to get here or where to stay, et cetera, and this

0:36.5

new guide we've assembled will answer a lot of those questions.

0:40.9

Furthermore, the guide also includes links where you can find current flight information into Gunnison,

0:47.5

and there are now quite a few more flight options than ever before.

0:52.0

So check that out, and we have included a link to this Getting Here guide

0:57.7

in the show notes to this podcast episode. So yeah, check it out and come see us. Okay, our guest

1:05.5

today is Jackie Peso, the American skier who now calls Sweden home.

1:12.1

Jackie has a new film coming out called the Arctic 12.

1:16.2

And honestly, this is one of the most raw ski films I have ever watched.

1:22.7

Ever.

1:23.7

And I'd also argue that if you made a list of the most important ski films to watch

1:29.5

before you were to go undertake a longer group adventure of your own, well, the Arctic

1:35.9

12 should be on that list.

1:38.8

We have a link to the Arctic 12 trailer in the show notes of this episode, and we also have a link to the

1:45.9

schedule of where the film is going to be screened. So check out both of those things,

1:51.9

but for now, let's go ahead and get to my conversation with Jackie Peso. Here we go.

2:01.6

Well, Jackie, how are you today and where are you today?

2:06.5

Doing great. I'm in Oro, Sweden at the moment.

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