317: Chamonix Stories #4 | David Webster (aka 'ChamonixSkiBum')

In the third in our series of ‘Chamonix Stories’, we meet David Webster, better known on YouTube as “ChamonixSkiBum”.

David has almost 10,000 subscribers and 1.7 million views on his channel, where he publishes snow reports, reports on his high mountain skiing and more Chamonix valley adventures.

📸 @olajaniak

SHOW NOTES

First ski experiences (2:30)
Skiing at Gloucester Dry Slope (3:00)
Ski seasons in Courchevel (4:30)
David has a PHD in Geology (5:15)
Favourite runs in Les 3 Vallées (7:00)
Moving to Chamonix (8:00)
Background in mountaineering (8:30)
Skiing with a guide? (10:00)
Putting on skis in steep terrain (10:45)
The Jager couloir (12:00)
Col de Plan, North Face of the Aiguille du Midi (12:30)
Cunningham Couloir / Passarelle Couloir (14:00)
‘By Chamonix standards’ (14:45)
Glenn Plake skis the Passarelle Couloir in ‘Blizzard of Aaahs’ (15:00)
The Vallee Blanche & the Mer de Glace (15:00)
The danger of crevasses (18:00)
Deciding to become a 'YouTuber' (18:45)
Snow reports (22:30)
Cameras used (23:00)
360 view of going down the arete at the Aiguille du Midi (25:00)
Wild swimming and cycling (25:45)
Wearing shorts for the Vallee Blanche (26:00)
“It’s like Disneyland for adults” (27:15)

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