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We can hike up and slide down. >> first turns of the year. >> first turns in the alps. first turns. and being filmed by three cameras. no pressure. ♪ and leading me down is a man who understands ice and change and loss better than anyone. >> so this is you. this is you. >> his name is ensen beau. and he is a living legends. he was making some of the first runs in the most impossible corners of the alps. and he summed up his early philosophy beautifully in the film "steep."

Its almost christmas and the ski resorts dont have enough snow to open, but seb pulled some strings and gets a spot where we can hike up and slide down. first turns of the year, first turns in the alps. first turns and being filmed by three cameras. no pressure. ♪ woo-hoo! and leading me down is a man who understands ice and change and loss better than anyone. so this is you. this is you. his name, ansal beau. he was making some of the first runs in the most impossible corners of the alps.

Whoa, that thing is split. incredible. >> here we are. >> welcome to alps 101. where my professor, sebastian, is holding forth in a most amazing classroom. >> i was talking to you about this valley on our right. its called a taconez glacier. on the left side, and where they both meet, this is the junction. and on the 9th of august 1786, two guys from chamonix, they summited mount blanc for the first time using this route here