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How to Win Those BD Boots…

Published on October 20, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest - BD Boots. 0 Comments

Yes indeedy – tomorrow is SUPER CLUESDAY which means the final clue will be given to win a pair (any size, any model) of the new Black Diamond ski boots.  I’d like to send a big ol’ shout out to BD and thank them for helping to support straightchuter.com by offering up such an excellent prize.

Some details:
- the final clue will be given at 10:00 Utah time
- only answers submitted after the final clue is given will count

The final answer (the location within one meter) is what really matters, but for clarity and fairness, the format is:

Continent – (your answer)
Zone/Region – (your answer)
Mountain Range – (your answer)
Specific Peak – (your answer)
Specific Location – (your answer)

If you know the answers to the first four clues, it helps to pretype them for speedy delivery.

You can enter as many times as your speedy fingers can type, but it is the first person with the correct format and answer who wins.

For reference, the final clue is more of a skiing story-problem, which of course includes some of my personal quirky ideas of fun.  You might think about where and how you would travel from this peak.  The answers to all the clues can be found on the internet and are real places.

Clues:
September 30th – Continent
October 7th – Country or Region
October 12th – Specific mountain range or zone 
October 14th – Specific peak or town
October 21st 10:00am – SUPER CLUESDAY! Exact location. Send in your answer NOW!

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Chuting Spree Clue #4 – Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Published on October 14, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest - BD Boots. 31 Comments Tags: .

Follow five semi-weekly clues and be the first to correctly identify where the boots are hidden to win a pair (any size, any model) of Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Clue #4: On 2 Jan 1998, a well-known American Alpinist teamed up with a legendary French extreme skier to ski the west face of a subpeak of this MOUNTAIN.

 

The American Alpinist (in blue) on the Reticent Wall, Yosemite.
The French extreme skier who was there from the very start.

The French extreme skier who was there from the very start.

Know the Mountain? Don’t answer now – save it for Super Cluesday.

Click here for the Chuting Spree – Black Diamond boots contest rules.

Clue Schedule:
September 30th – Continent
October 7th – Country or Region
October 12th – Specific mountain range or zone 
October 14th – Specific peak or town
October 21st – SUPER CLUESDAY! Exact location. Send in your answer NOW!

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Featured Black Diamond Ski Boot – Stiletto Telemark Boot. Click on the image below to check’em out at Backcountry.com!

Black Diamond’s top-of-the-line freeheeler, the Women’s Stiletto Telemark Ski Boot combines a female-specific fit and killer performance for hardcore she-rippers. The 100-flex Pebax shell provides plenty of torsional stiffness, while the alpine-style overlap design and MidStiff bellows create a responsive yet forgiving forward flex. Black Diamond tailored this boot’s cuff opening, rear spoiler, and liner specifically for a women’s foot but gave it an aggressive stance angle for girls who charge. The Stiletto’s mechanically integrated ski/walk mode doubles as the customizable forward lean adjustment, offering three settings covering eight degrees to suit a variety of ski styles.

Bottom Line: For freeheeling shred-bunnies who walk the walk.

Chuting Spree Clue #3 – Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Published on October 13, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest - BD Boots. 17 Comments Tags: .

Follow five semi-weekly clues and be the first to correctly identify where the boots are hidden to win a pair (any size, any model) of Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Clue #3: This MOUNTAIN RANGE is named after an American pilot who also has the first undisputed sighting of the Geographic North Pole.

 

This American pilot/explorer was funded in part by his father, who made a fortune in coal.

Know the Mountain Range? Don’t answer now – save it for Super Cluesday.

Click here for the Chuting Spree – Black Diamond boots contest rules.

Clue Schedule:
September 30th – Continent
October 7th – Country or Region
October 12th – Specific mountain range or zone (note – not on a Tuesday)
October 14th – Specific peak or town
October 21st – SUPER CLUESDAY! Exact location. Send in your answer NOW!

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Featured Black Diamond Ski Boot – Seeker Telemark. Click on the image below to check’em out at Backcountry.com!

Black Diamond designed the 100 flex Men’s Seeker Telemark Ski Boot for backcountry powder hunters who want a lightweight, easy touring boot that delivers responsive, efficient power transmission when tackling untracked descents. This boot begins with a Pebax Triax-Tour frame that offers an ideal balance of stiff support and forgiving flex. The Seeker’s three buckle design and MidStiff bellows provide uphill efficiency without sacrificing high-performance downhill capabilities. Black Diamond gave this boot a mechanically integrated ski/walk mode and three setting covering eight degrees of forward lean to suit your skiing style and stance. The thermo-moldable, high performance Strobel liner features the Boa closure system for increased fit and on the fly adjustability. Use this boot with both 75mm and three-pin tele binders.

Bottom Line: Seek and you shall find deep pow stashes.

Chuting Spree Clue #2 – Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Published on October 7, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest - BD Boots. 6 Comments Tags: .

Follow five semi-weekly clues and be the first to correctly identify where the boots are hidden to win a pair (any size, any model) of Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Clue:  Three countries have overlapping territorial claims to this ZONE. 

 

Now if we could only get there from here…

Know the zone? Don’t answer now – save it for Super Cluesday.

Click here for the Chuting Spree – Black Diamond boots contest rules.

Clue Schedule:
September 30th – Continent
October 7th – Country or Region
October 11th – Specific mountain range or zone (note – not on a Tuesday)
October 14th – Specific peak or town
October 21st – SUPER CLUESDAY! Exact location. Send in your answer NOW!

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Featured Black Diamond Ski Boot – Custom Tele. Click on the image below to check’em out at Backcountry.com!

The Black Diamond Men’s Custom Telemark Boot caters to aggressive freeheel skiers who push the limits, in bounds and out. The 130 flex index and RidStiff bellows make the Custom Black Diamond’s stiffest Tele boot. The alpine overlap style Pebax shell features a mechanically integrated ski/walk modefor excellent tourability. The shell also boasts adjustable forward lean with three settings covering an eight degree range, providing maximum adjustability for your preferred skiing style. The Boa lacing system adds to the thermoformable liner’s glove-like fit and provides for easy, on-the-go adjustments.

Bottom Line: The Black Diamond Custom craves steep, hairball lines at face-melting speeds.

Chuting Spree Clue #1 – Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Published on September 30, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest - BD Boots. 39 Comments Tags: .

Follow five semi-weekly clues and be the first to correctly identify where the boots are hidden to win a pair (any size, any model) of Black Diamond Ski Boots!

Click here for the Chuting Spree – Black Diamond boots contest rules.

Clue: One of the most famous ski runs in America is named after a member of the first ascent team of the highest peak on this CONTINENT. Name the continent.

 

Too cool for words! This guy\'s name is synonymous with challenging skiing. Photo credit: M. Moore
Too cool for words! This guy’s name is synonymous with challenging skiing. Photo credit: M. Moore

Know the continent?  Don’t answer now – save it for Super Cluesday.

Clue Schedule:
September 30th – Continent
October 7th – Country or Region
October 11th – Specific mountain range or zone (note – not on a Tuesday)
October 14th – Specific peak or town
October 21st – SUPER CLUESDAY!  Exact location.  Send in your answer NOW!

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Featured Black Diamond Ski Boot – Method AT.  Click on the image below to check’em out at Backcountry.com!

 

The Method is for the modern AT skier who craves downhill performance as much as tourability and comfort. Slightly less torsionally and longitudinally stiff than the Factor, the Method is your choice for skiing any and all terrain, from no-falls steeps to deep powder bowls. With its Triax-Performance FrameTM with Pebax® and Flex 110 rating, the Method still has power to drive today’s fat skis. The boot is equipped with both a thermoformable high-performance foot bed and a Power Fit Light Liner. Changing the Method between AT blocks and BD ISO Alpine DIN blocks (sold separately) is third-grade easy due to the sliding, four-screw attachment system.

Chuting Spree – Contest Rules for the Black Diamond Ski Boots

Published on September 30, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest - BD Boots. 9 Comments Tags: .

With great excitement, I’m thrilled to announce that Chris “GoFo” Grover and Brad “B-Rad” Barlage of Black Diamond Equipment, right here in Salt Lake City, have donated a brand new pair, of any size or model available, of their new BLACK DIAMOND SKI BOOTS!  Can you give me a HELL YEAH!?  The rules and concept is the same as the Great K2 Ski Giveaway, so if you get it, read no further and check out the clues on Tuesday’s/Cluesday’s at 10:00am Utah time.

The Basics
Five semi- weekly clues lead to the location of the boots.  Be the first person to correctly identify where the boots are… and they are yours.

How the Contest Works:
Through a series of ski mountaineering related clues, contestants have to guess the location of the boots. The clues start with the continent the boots are located on, then narrow down to a specific location.  The boots are only there in theory – the real ones are waiting for you at the warehouse.

How to Win:
Be the first person to post the correct answer as a comment on the page with the final clue.  Click here for an example.  HINT: First time commenters must be approved, which causes a delay in your comments showing up.  For the fastest comment posting time, get pre-approved by making a comment on an earlier posting so that the computer knows your name. 

Question:  Are there going to be some really hard, stupid, obscure questions?

Answer:    No. Most of them will be easy if you have been following skiing and/or ski mountaineering for a while, and if not, they will be searchable on the Internets. The final clue will be specific to ski mountaineering lore, but it is not necessary to have been there to know the answer.  (Example: In “The Blizzard of Ahhhs” Scot Schmidt stood at the top of this and said “Yeah, I’ll ski it for sure.”)

Rules:

- Tuesday is Cluesday.  All clues will be given on Tuesday mornings at 10:00am Mountain Time on the main page of StraightChuter.com
- In case of a dispute, I (Andrew McLean) will be the sole judge.  I’m the Decider.  I make decisions.
- Immediate family members are not eligible (sorry Mom, Dad, Polly and Mira…)

Prizes:

- Prizes need to be claimed within 90 days of the winning date.  (No, you can’t wait six years for a pair of 2014 Factor Max 1000ZX’s.)
- Prizes are limited to Black Diamond’s available stock on hand. (Sorry, no custom- made gold-plated Method’s.)
- Shipping will be at the manufacturer’s discretion.  (FedEx Overnight International Express to Ushuaia is probably not going to happen.)

Sample Contest

Clue #1 (Continent)
Q:  This continent received a record seasonal snowfall in 1998-99.

Clue #2 (State/Country/Province/region)
Q:  The highest peak in this geographic zone is 4207m tall.

Clue #3 (Mountain Range)
Q: Early explorers referred to this range as “The Three Breasts.”

Clue #4 (Specific Peak/Town/Zone)
Q: This peak was first climbed to its summit in 1898.

Clue #5 (Specific location/object)
Q:  The first ski descent of this peak was continuous except for one obstacle.  For a brand new pair of K2 backcountry skis, what is the specific name of this obstacle?

Answer:  Click Here

 
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Super Cluesday – Answer & Winner

Published on September 23, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest. 10 Comments

Matthieu Chesaux of Boulder, Colorado is the winner!

While contemplating a pair of K2 Mt. Baker Superlights, Matt said:

As for finding the final clue, I thought about your earlier post mentioning “popular watering holes…places to stay”. It seemed pretty quickly that a hut was too obvious, and on a travel webpage for the area (that I can no longer find!), there was a photo of the statue in Mt. Cook Village. It occurred to me that one of the previous clues (#2) had obliquely referred to Sir Edmund Hillary – and the statue seemed like a very specific location (within one meter). Other than that, it was good luck!

 

 

Andrew copping a cheap feel on Sir Ed’s thigh…

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K2 SUPER CLUESDAY! Win’em, ski’em – Conquer the Earth.

Published on September 23, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest. 183 Comments Tags: .

Our story begins after you have been magically transported to the top of the peak identified (hopefully) in Clue #4…

It’s late afternoon and you have no headlamp, compass or topo map, but, pffft – who needs ‘em?  Use the force Luke and just start skiing.

Stepping into your bindings, you cruise along a ridgeline with gobsmacking exposure on all sides.  Glancing to the left and right, you come to what looks like a skiable line and turn off.

Gut-wrenching steep, exposed turns lead down a face.  The sun is setting and there is mot much time.  Sticking to the fall-line, you weave around seracs, icefalls and huck a few fifty-footers with blue ice landings all bathed in brilliant alpenglow.  Where’s the photographer when you need him?

Then, shazaam! Stokage!  You have made it through the crux of a suspected first descent!  Relieved, you make big sweeping turns across a bit of a plateau, and then come to a glacier.

At the glacier, you take a skier’s left.

By now, it is pitch black and you are dodging crevasses by Braille for hours while staying on the glacier.  This is misery…. when will it end?

Exhausted, you eventually see the outlines of some structures in the moonlight.  Ahhhh, praise Allah…

Staggering up to the structures, you  meet a climber geared up for an early alpine start and ask “Where am I?”

Instead of smiling and giving you a Vegamite sandwich like those infernal, AC/DC loving Aussies do, he fixes you with a steely gaze and reveals a BRAND NEW PAIR OF K2 TELE/AT SKIS.

Oh My God…!!  Your knees tremble in eager anticipation of shredding Planet Earth. Tears of joy spring from your eyes.

Within one meter, where are you?

Winning format:
Continent:  (your answer here)
Country: (your answer here)
Mountain Range: (your answer here)
Specific Peak: (your answer here)
Exact location: (your answer here… now!)

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Super Cluesday – Coming at 10:00am

Published on September 23, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest. 21 Comments

Tune in at 10:00am Mountain Standard Time for a chance to win a pair of K2 backcountry skis…

How to Win Those K2 Skis…

Published on September 22, 2008 in Chuting Spree Contest. 20 Comments Tags: .

Yes, tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23, at 10:00am Mountain Standard Time is the moment we have all been waiting for – Super Cluesday.  As I type, the skis are being FedEx’ed, wrapped in velet and hand-carried in the dark of night by special agents who are sworn to secrecy.  Like most of my skiing related schemes, this contest was developed on the fly, so I appreciate everyone’s patience and enthusiasm in going along with it.  There will be others, so any feedback is welcome, and please, no whining – this isn’t Deer Valley.

Hopefully by now, you have a good idea of the peak in question.  From here, it is important to think like a ski mountaineer, as after all, the prize is a pair of  backcountry skis and hopefully going to someone who will use them for that purpose.  The skis are located at a man-made structure which could be augured into the mountains, or accessible by car.  You can get there by using backcountry skiing techniques like skinning, skiing, walking or climbing.  It is a real place.

Format to win:
To help make it fair and keep a wild-ass one-off guess from winning, the format is to answer all of the five questions correctly in this format:

Clue #1 – Continent: (your answer here)
Clue #2 – Country: (your answer here)
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: (your answer here)
Clue #4 – Peak: (your answer here)
Clue #5 – Exact location: (your answer here)

… then send it in as a comment.  Pretyping the answer to the clues you already know might help.

For background research, you might check out skiing in this excellent zone, including maybe the local alpine club, popular watering holes (hey, this could be a rough descent), photos, townships, Google Earth (my favorite trip planning tool) or perhaps places to stay.  The answer can be found on the internet – you need not have been there to find it.  Locals might have a slight advantage, but Super Cluesday happens in the middle of the night for them, so if they are awake (and haven’t chugged too many Tui’s) they deserve to win.

Good luck & happy turns!

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