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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.

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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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In the third in our series of ‘Chamonix Stories’, we meet Emil Wittrup Præstbrogaard, founder of the Oak App.

Oak was launched in 2024 to bring together the mountain community, including skiers, climbers, trail runners, mountaineers and more.

SHOW NOTES

What is Oak? (2:00)
Like ‘Tinder for the Mountains’ (3:15)
Emil’s background (4:00)
Why Emil started the Oak app (7:00)
Going live in December 2023 (9:00)
Features within the app (10:30)
Making booking guides easier (11:00)
The LinkedIn for mountain people (12:30)
Why ‘Oak’? (13:30)

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Nicky Webber: "I really enjoyed listening to Episode 313. Your love of Chamonix is evident."

Erin Flynn: "Episode 314 was a great listen! Loved testing Zag skis at the ski test!"

Judy Swens:“I’m spending part of my time off this July in Chamonix and loved your podcast episode about it.”

There are now 316 episodes of The Ski Podcast to catch up with at www.theskipodcast.com – have a search around the tags and categories and you’re bound to find something of interest to listen to.

If you enjoyed this episode and you’d like to support the podcast, then you are very welcome to buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/theskipodcast