What makes someone risk everything for a line in a book? This obsession will break you or define you.
Cody Townsend has set out on an audacious goal to climb and ski all 50 lines chronicled in the book, "The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America". Peak Obsession is a stand alone film premiered at film festivals around the world and dives into the depths of the mindset behind the project told through the story of two of the more challenging lines in the book, Meteorite Mountain and Pontoon Peak near Valdez, Alaska. Joined by legendary snowboarder Jeremy Jones, along with cameraman Bjarne Salen, they set out on an adventure rife with challenge, exhaustion and a bevy of lessons to learn along the adventure. This is Episode 19 and line 17 and 18 completed for The FIFTY, a project following Cody Townsend as he attempts to climb and ski all fifty of the lines and mountains chronicled in the book, "The 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America."
Cinematography
Bjarne Salén captures Alaska's terrifying scale and fragile beauty.
Practical Effects
Real backcountry skiing, no stunt doubles, no second takes.
Direction
Episode 19 stands alone as complete emotional arc.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Fifty Classic Ski Descents is essentially the bible of North American ski mountaineering, originally published in 2010.
Cody Townsend crowdfunded The FIFTY project through YouTube episodes, making this one of the most ambitious independent outdoor film projects ever attempted.
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