Fall-Line’s year in numbers:
- 18,000 metres skinned (mainly backcountry editor Martin)
- 4732 new Facebook “likes” (Thank you all!)
- 820 pages painstakingly edited
- 337 ski days
- 263 shares of this hair-raising post
- 159 skis tested
- 153 sidecountry hikes
- 80 boots reviewed
- 64 resorts skied
- 61 powder days (woohoo!!!)
- 27 articles delivered late (hello Dickie…)
- 23 mega-competitions and give-aways (well done to all our winners)
- 21 nights attempting to sleep in huts (must remember ear plugs next time)
- 16 athletes tracked down in unlikely spots and interviewed
- 13 x Alpine Summits
- 11 transceiver batteries used
- 9 “Thank god I’m wearing a helmet” moments
- 8 days’ night skiing
- 7 magazines sent to the printers
- 5 touring packs
- 5 meat fondue sessions
- 4 last-minute cover changes
- 3 pairs of gloves left on gondolas / in restaurants / on sides of pistes
- 2 skin of the teeth navigation episodes in total whiteout
- 2 engagements
- 1 torn MCL
- 1 very delayed
- 1 marriage
- 1 new baby boy (Congrats Nicky & Chrigl!)