The Freaks

Episode 3 of the Backcountry Magazine Podcast podcast, hosted by Backcountry Magazine, titled "The Freaks" was published on November 5, 2019 and runs 47 minutes.

November 5, 2019 ·47m · Backcountry Magazine Podcast

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When Olympic Downhiller Wiley Maple wrapped up the 2018 World Cup season, he and some in his Aspen gang called "The Freaks" went to Chamonix, France to scare themselves on some legendlines—badas- sery of the sort we fully approve. What kind of mind manages these wildly different forms of skiing? And, after his best friend and World Cup ski tech died suddenly this spring, would Maple sign up for more?

[Photo] Wiley Maple

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