[ soft, dramatic music plays ] the trip started in juneau, alaska, which is theres roads here, but its not connected to anywhere. The mountains are so radical that the only way to get here is on boat or plane. [ fish pouring into ship ] so were going to get on a boat from here, take that boat about 25 hours up into Glacier Bay National park. Were going to get dropped off at the edge of a glacier, and then were going to walk 15 miles to a base camp and, ideally, go and ride one of the most beautiful mountains in the world mount bertha. I mean, this is certainly one of the most ambitious missions ive ever attempted. You dont just walk into these serious mountains and be like, thats where we want to go. Its sunny. Were going to walk up to it. Its this process. Having the right crew is critical. When youre this far out on the edge, you have to rely on your team to make it back. Very few people have tried trips like this before, and, i think, probably for good reason, where youre going in f
[ sighs ] yeah . holy shit. i just went from everything s fine to, like, we need to move. doing something that nobody has ever done before, there s no guarantee that your plan s going to work. agh. [ rapids rushing ] once you commit, there is no turning around. [ waves crashing ] we re entirely removed from civilization. look at this one. we know once we get there, we re on our own. climbing. we ve chosen to live a life that does have risks. [ rock rolling ] oh, my god. [ sobbing ] one mistake, and you re dead. come on, now. if you harness that fear, you can do something that you never thought possible. whoo! [ water rushing ] is the pursuit worth the risk? [ wind whistling ] [ soft, dramatic music plays ] the trip started in juneau, alaska, which is there s roads here, but it s not connected to anywhere. the mountains are so radical that the only way to get here is on boat or plane. so we re going to get on a boat from here, take that boat
[ soft, dramatic music plays ] the trip started in juneau, alaska, which is there s roads here, but it s not connected to anywhere. the mountains are so radical that the only way to get here is on boat or plane. [ fish pouring into ship ] so we re going to get on a boat from here, take that boat about 25 hours up into glacier bay national park. we re going to get dropped off at the edge of a glacier, and then we re going to walk 15 miles to a base camp and, ideally, go and ride one of the most beautiful mountains in the world mount bertha. i mean, this is certainly one of the most ambitious missions i ve ever attempted. you don t just walk into these serious mountains and be like, that s where we want to go. it s sunny. we re going to walk up to it. it s this process. having the right crew is critical. when you re this far out on the edge, you have to rely on your team to make it back. very few people have tried trips like this before, and, i think, probably for go
my brothers went to alaska and were like, you need to come to alaska. i get brought to this peak right near the helipad. i m terrified, and i drop in and it s like coming over the edge of the world. and i see this, like, the longest, steepest, most beautiful run of my life. and i just it was i d never felt that feeling, snowboarding. it s like free-falling down the mountain. you re totally in control, but hanging on to the earth by just this narrow edge of your snowboard, that just opened up this this world, this universe that i didn t know existed. no question, like, this is this is where you ll find me. [ sea gulls calling ]
i don t know if there s any other person in the ski or snowboard world that i look up to as much. and his approach to planning a ski trip more like a climbing expedition really changed the game. whew. [ panting ] okay. at a very young age, i just fell in love with going really fast on a race board. next at the top, jeremy jones, 16 years old. by 21, i had success at every level. but pretty quickly, i got burnt out on it. my brothers went to alaska and were like, you need to come to alaska. i get brought to this peak right near the helipad. i m terrified, and i drop in, and it s like coming over the edge of the world. and i see this, like, the longest, steepest, most beautiful run of my life.