{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"317: Chamonix Stories #4 | David Webster (aka 'ChamonixSkiBum')","description":"In the third in our series of ‘Chamonix Stories’, we meet David Webster, better known on YouTube as “ChamonixSkiBum (https://www.youtube.com/@chamonixskibum) ”.\n\nDavid 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.\n\n📸 @olajaniak (https://www.instagram.com/olajaniak/)\n\nSHOW NOTES\n\nFirst ski experiences (2:30)\nSkiing at Gloucester Dry Slope (3:00)\nSki seasons in Courchevel (4:30)\nDavid has a PHD in Geology (5:15)\nFavourite runs in Les 3 Vallées (7:00)\nMoving to Chamonix (8:00)\nBackground in mountaineering (8:30)\nSkiing with a guide? (10:00)\nPutting on skis in steep terrain (10:45)\nThe Jager couloir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV0HXw3tgfU) (12:00)\n Col de Plan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsPu2U-tIEc) , North Face of the Aiguille du Midi (12:30)\n Cunningham Couloir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAW_8_7Kytc) / Passarelle Couloir (14:00)\n ‘By Chamonix standards’ (14:45)\n Glenn Plake skis the Passarelle Couloir in ‘Blizzard of Aaahs’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUvvjYP5aZY) (15:00)\n The Vallee Blanche & the Mer de Glace (15:00)\n The danger of crevasses (18:00)\n Deciding to become a 'YouTuber' (18:45)\n Snow reports (22:30)\n Cameras used (23:00)\n 360 view of going down the arete (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pcZIhm-SipI) at the Aiguille du Midi (25:00)\n Wild swimming and cycling (25:45)\n Wearing shorts for the Vallee Blanche (26:00)\n “It’s like Disneyland for adults” (27:15)\n\nFEEDBACK\n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, or if you have any comments, please let me know.\n\nYou can do that by leaving a comment on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4eE7knukG2zdmdlsiCIqxK) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/theskipodcast/) or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/theskipodcast) – or drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com (mailto:theskipodcast@gmail.com) . We’re also on WhatsApp (https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VasYegQBfxoC8rtBi21w) .\n\nJames Rice: \"Love the podcast. It's absolutely indispensable for me and a ‘must listen’ every week.\"\n\nLouise Cotter: “I am really enjoying the Chamonix series. The Oak app (https://theskipodcast.com/resorts/chamonix/316-chamonix-stories-3-oak-app-tinder-for-the-mountains/) is awesome.”\n\nMax Martin: \"High quality and high interest on all things skiing. Just listened to the Chamonix special. Well worth a subscribe.\"\n\nThere are now 317 episodes of The Ski Podcast to catch up with. Just go to theskipodcast.com and have a search around the tags and categories and you’re bound to find an episode of interest to listen to.\n\nIf you did enjoy this episode and you’d like to support the podcast, then you are very welcome to buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/theskipodcast","author_name":"The Ski Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750-the-ski-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43714052/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}