Rob DesLauriers  John Falkiner  Frederik Jacobi  Kit Katzenbach  Ace Kvale  Kasha Rigby  Scot Schmidt  Jim Zellers

How did you find out about this expedition and the Altai area? "When they would speak of the Altai they would hold their heart and say, 'wow, it's a great, special place,' you know, in their broken English..." click for audio and transcript What was the hook that made you want to go back to Siberia? "...the more I learned about it, the more I became intrigued with this place..." click for audio and transcript What type of setup are you going to be skiing on? "I'm now skiing mostly on an AT boot and AT binding..." click for audio and transcript How important are first descents? "Even if we don't ski it, if it's not possible, it's still going to be special..." click for audio and transcript How do you seek out the line you'll attempt to ski and the routes you'll take? "It's going to be a seat-of-the-pants kind of thing where we're going to go there and determine what we need to do to make it happen..." click for audio and transcript Do you really still get the bug to travel on expeditions such as this? "For me, it's where my past has kind of led me and I'm going to just go with it..." click for audio and transcript How do you feel about being someplace so remote and anonymous? "There will be no rescues — we can't call 911 while we're there..." click for audio and transcript How does your family factor into your decisions to go on expeditions like this? "It's comforting for them and also keeps them up to date and in tune with what we're going through..." click for audio and transcript What was it like filming in Siberia with Greg Stump? "Each day we would go out it was really creepy because the snow, there was a lot of depth hoar and it wasn't gluing to the rocks and every day we would have a climax avalanche happen..." click for audio and transcript In all of your travels, where is your favorite place to be on skis? "I'd have to say that Alaska really stands out because some of the experiences are just incredible..." click for audio and transcript