Hi Everyone,

Andrew Mclean is one of the most respected extreme professional skiers, or Ski mountaineer as he is known in the industry. He has snowkited in places we have not even dreamed off yet! He is also a Polar explorer that has been hooked on snowkiting for many years even designing his own kites in the early days. Andrew rides with Access XC to power him into remote areas of the planet with the aim to knock off 1st descents. Typically Andrew kites to the base of a knarly steep mountain, makes camp and stages his attempts to be the 1st to ski down the mountains sickest routes. Then kites home……how clean and green is that!

Andrew and a Team of Kite-Mountaineers are currently touring around the Bagley Ice field in Alaska. The Bagley is one of the largest ice fields south of the artic circle, and offers an immense playground for Snowkiters and Mountaineers. Listen to daily reports of the trip via Satellite phone at the Mountain Hardwear website HERE

Andrew McLean has been pursuing extreme ski mountaineering for over 20 years. His writings, photography and exploits have appeared in Outside, Powder, National Geographic Adventure, Couloir, Backcountry, The New Yorker and Climbing magazines, as well the Black Diamond and Mountain Hardwear catalogs. He is the author of The Chuting Gallery which was the first book dedicated exclusively to documenting steep skiing descents. In his quest for remote challenges, he has traveled to Tibet, Alaska, Antarctica, Baffin Island and Europe on numerous expeditions. He designs outdoor climbing and skiing equipment for a for a profession and lives with his wife and two dogs in the snow covered mountains of Park City, Utah.

Check out Andrew on Mountain Hardwears site HERE http://www.mountainhardwear.com/Athlete.aspx?id=1

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