First Descent
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1:32:23
His line is sketchy.
I honestly don't think he knows where
he's gonna go until he's in it.

1:32:28
There's this huge open powder face
or there's this sketchy, rocky gorge.

1:32:33
He's all, "Hmm, I'll take the gorge."
1:32:41
I had one goodline in this whole trip.
One good line.

1:32:50
[ Perata ]
Oh, man, by the time we'd finished,
you know, the wind had died down,

1:32:54
and Terje wanted to go back
and have a look at 7601.

1:32:57
You know,
he had that mountain on his mind
the whole time, I could tell.

1:33:02
Yeah, Terje's gonna have a real good look
at 7601 and probably ride it.

1:33:06
So, we would like the second group
to come out right now
and come over to "F" top.

1:33:11
[ Man On Radio ]
Copy that. Second group
coming out to "F" top.

1:33:14
Yeah, Terje, that looks sick.
1:33:17
Terje's, like, "I'm going back
to that one. I'm doing it."

1:33:20
Me and Farm are, like, "What??"
1:33:27
[Haakonsen ]
The conditions were right.
There was a bigline.

1:33:30
Just got to jump on it when you can.
Definitely needed a long run
before I could leave Alaska.

1:33:35
[ White ]
When nobody's ever done something,
and it's a descent...

1:33:37
or you don't know whether it's gonna
avalanche or not, it's really sketchy.

1:33:43
If you mess up, it's, like,
big consequences, you know.

1:33:48
[ Perata ]
Whenever you're doing the grand finale,
the biggest peak or the gnarliest line,

1:33:52
you have to have mental toughness.
1:33:54
And one of the mental toughest
snowboarders I know is Terje.

1:33:59
Terje Haakonsen's on top
of that peak right there.
It's called 7601.


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