{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The High Route Podcast","title":"Golden Ages Collide: Fabrikant, Haas, and Lou Dawson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5066,"description":"I think we all can recall our first time. You're scrambling around a digital facsimile of a library on the early Internet, and wham, you stumbled onto WildSnow. Lou Dawson, author of Wild Snow: 54 Classic Ski and Snowboard Descents of North America and curator of the website by the same name, is an integral part of the ski community's fabric. He's the first to ski all of Colorado's 14ers. And he's one of a few individuals to fastidiously research and document the ongoings of the backcountry touring scene. In particular, Lou allowed many of us to seek adventure deep in the mountains long before ubiquitous GPX tracks and the globe's backcountry were digitized and accessible with a finger swipe. Let's be direct: when it comes to the things we care about, it's often said that \"it's hard to put into words\" how we feel. But it's not tough regarding Lou's contribution to backcountry skiers, ski mountaineers, or (here's a nod to Gavin) the ski tourists out there. We are grateful for Lou's decades-long good work.In this episode of The High Route podcast, what goes down is part back-of-the-bar conversation and part scholarly. (But really, they are not mutually exclusive.) Adam Fabrikant and Billy Haas, in their behind-the-scenes way, are keen on documenting local, regional, and global skiing from the perspective of going to the edge of where the dragons are, and descending remote lines in a particular style. Lou, throughout his career, has done the same, particularly as it relates to North America. So yes, they deep dive into the why and how of documenting the past and current status of making turns (usually in steep terrain) in the non-industrialized mountains.Lou's Timeline of North American Skiing    Since it's Lou, and we couldn't help ourselves, we also talked about gear and technology and their place in driving deep adventure. You can find Lou's most recent work on his website. As many of you know, keep an eye out for his memoir Avalanche Dreams, which, fingers...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0Glis8ZpPl-fgnQdST88IHNGJCmGsckS4RvkvP5HTNc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0MzQ2LzE2OTky/ODE5MTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}