First Descent
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:16:03
and look forward and be, like,
"I gotta think about this before I do it"
instead of just go for it.

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Gotta actually visualize
and map it out inside my head.

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If you can see the bottom,
follow Farm.

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- If you can't see the bottom, don't follow Farm.
- [White ] Don't follow Farm.

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Alaska, to me, to my friends,
is the pinnacle of snowboarding.

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There's nothing
as big and vast and grand.

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Once we got here,
we knew that's where we wanted to be.
It was like, God, this is rad.

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Pretty much everything you can ask for,
like a big mountain rider-

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somebody who wants to have
a really good time on a snowboard.

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[Perata ] There's so many
undiscovered mountains out there still
that no one's even seen.

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It's just unfathomable
how many mountains are out there.

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[ Farmer]
Once you ride powder, you never forget it.
It's like a drug. It brings you back every time.

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I 'm a little scared.
At first, I was really scared.

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Like, man,
I've never done this stuff before!

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It's just such a different mind-set out here.
You get a respect for how big everything is.

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Avalanches
are our biggest concerns.

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Crevasses. It's always scary.
You never know what to expect.

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You just have to know your outs,
know where your safe zones are.

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[ Farmer]
You have to be aware
that something can go wrong.

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And when it does,
it's usually catastrophic.

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[ Perata ]
You'll never be totally
comfortable up here. Never.

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And if you are, you shouldn't be here,
because all around you the mountains are alive.

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unless you're fully prepared to be
in a situation of life or death,

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you shouldn't be up here.

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