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Old 10th Oct 2013, 12:30
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Stowaway from Lukla - Kutie Mutly

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Hey VF,

Great way to keep the choppa clean

Does it work with just animals
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I see you have a Teton 520 gyro camera underslung there.


Would I be right in thinking there is a tv company shooting what you do?

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So did you have the Teaton Gravity boys there with you making heliskiing/snowboard film?
Heliskiing with supplied oxygen must be ultimate for them

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Yar the Teton Lads Tod & Brian 'ROCK' great fun team & super professional

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Ama Dablam Base Camp 15,377' - refueling & staging location for the mad SnowBoarding near to the Mingbo-la Pass
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Ama Dablam Base Camp 15,377' - refueling & staging location for the mad SnowBoarding near to the Mingbo-la Pass

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Ama Dablam Base Camp 15,377' - refueling & staging location for the mad SnowBoarding near to the Mingbo-la Pass

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Art of Flight - Nepali SnowBoarding

one of the SnowBoarding Mountaineers seen here traversing the knife edge to the launch spot ~21,000'
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Ama Dablam - 23,000' & Sagarmatha (Everest) - 29,211' seen in the background
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SnowBoarder, Mountaineering Athletes climbing the Sharks tooth flute (lower left)

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SnowBoarder, Mountaineering Athletes climbing the Sharks tooth flute (centre lower left) near to Ming-Bola pass
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pee, tea & petrol stop - Ama Dablam base camp

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SnowBoarding, Mountaineering Athlete in position for the Big One (top centre right) flying past @ 35knots descending ~22,400'


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