About this episode

In this episode, David Webster shares his experiences and adventures in Chamonix as a YouTuber and skier.

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. 📸 @olajaniak 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…

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