If you follow the world of ski mountaineering, you’ve probably heard or Caroline Gleich. She’s a social media star and a bad ass ski mountaineer, yet people have mixed opinions about her.
Regardless of what other people think, she certainly knows how to get after it in the mountains. She’s one of only a few people who have ticked off all 90 lines in the Chuting Gallery. Follow Through from REI shines the spotlight on Caroline Gleich’s journey to success and it’s definitely worth watching.
Watch Caroline Gleich’s Story In Follow Through From REI:
REI Presents: Follow Through from REI on Vimeo.
Pick up a copy of Andrew McLean’s Chuting Gallery. How may of these 90 steep ski mountaineering lines can you ski?
Official Description From Vimeo:
People have opinions about skier Caroline Gleich: Inspirational. Gumby. Social media star. Role model. Model masquerading as a mountaineer. At sixteen, she stumbled upon a copy of the cult classic guidebook The Chuting Gallery. Irreverent and wonderfully arbitrary, the guidebook lays out a set of 90 ski mountaineering lines across Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. They were difficult and dangerous. When she first said out loud she wanted to ski them, she was met with laughter. “Maybe it was because I was five feet tall, or I was a little blonde girl, but I remember that clearly — and it didn’t feel good” says Gleich. After a decade building her skills, Gleich set out to complete her vision and become the skier she dreamt of being. “Follow Through” is a story of loss, belonging and desire for respect. In this age of hyperconnectivity, which voices do we choose to hear and which do we ignore?
Learn more about Caroline’s story here:
rei.com/blog/snowsports/follow-through-caroline-gleichs-dream-to-ski-utahs-most-difficult-lines
