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A Moment to Remember movie review // GADAADAAS UZEGCHID ODORT GANTSHAN DARJ TUSLAACH GUIYA Kim Su-jin (Son Ye-jin), a flawless, young lady is stood up by her. Though a comedy, there is definately a social commentary. The Legendary Story of a Mysterious Solo Ski Mountaineer. PHOTO: Jay Beyer. On a sunny day in May 2. Zach Clanton sat on his splitboard eating lunch above the closed Mount Baker Ski Area. Scanning the face of Mount Shuksan through his zoom lens, he saw a fresh skin track. Need help identifying a movie that you just can't remember the name of? Here's the place to ask. As always, Google first, but if you have no luck searching on y. How to Use Our Reviews. The objective of on-snow ski testing is to pinpoint the behavioral matrix of any given ski so skiers can match its performance to their needs. It was like stumbling upon the tracks of a mythical animal—a Sasquatch or a spirit bear. He followed the track until he saw a lone figure near the top of the White Salmon Glacier. He settled in to wait, with his elbows on his knees. Whoever it was—whatever it was—would have to come down. When it did, Clanton would be there to get the shot. He had a feeling who it might be. He'd seen the signature Toyota Santana camper in the parking lot. The one with the barking dog and plywood/1. He'd heard the stories. Everyone who'd spent any time in the small and scattered tribe of Washington backcountry skiers had heard them. With dozens of hairball solo descents in the North Cascades—some of them previously unimaginable firsts—the man likely at the top of the skin track had become something of a legend. This particular legend didn't have sponsors. He wasn't tied to a steady job. He lived in his truck with his beloved dog, Sadie, who had long ago, during one of his frequent multi- day absences, eaten the dashboard and the upholstery from the seats. Clanton sat there for over an hour, watching through his camera as the skier wrapped around the rocks on the ridge below the summit pyramid and then re- appeared above the Northwest Couloir. Clanton started firing his camera as the skier ripped through the opening of the Northwest and then, unbelievably, rolled out over the icefall, over thousands of feet of vertical exposure, and made a confident traverse to the Hanging Glacier. From Clanton's perspective, there was no way through. The stakes were ultimate. To fall was to die. Dan Helmstadter skiing the Hanging Glacier on Mount Shuksan, North Cascades, Washington. PHOTO: Zach Clanton. Clanton marveled at the spirit of it. As far as this guy knew, nobody was watching. Expecting a grizzled old alpinist with a beard and big attitude, he was surprised to see a clean- shaven, sweet- natured fellow in his 2. Clanton was so inspired by what he'd seen that he went back to Salt Lake, packed up his things, bought a self- belay device, and embarked on an open- ended road trip to Alaska. He's been living out of his car ever since. Advertisement. The man's name was Dan Helmstadter. He showed up in Washington sometime in 2. Rockies and started ticking off one significant line after another, mostly by himself. He skied Rainier, Baker, J- Burg, and then, with increasing diligence, a series of creative variations across the steep faces of Shuksan. Over a period of five years—always posting snapshots and personable, matter- of- fact trip reports on Turns- All- Year and Summit Post—he went on to build one of the most impressive solo ski resum. And that was it. Clean and simple. It wasn't that anything had happened to him. A couple of people knew where he was—roughly. But he stopped posting. He went dark. As far as anyone could tell, he stopped skiing altogether. There was something extraordinary in the notion of someone—here in the busy, ineluctably lit, over- trammeled second decade of the 2. And then simply opt out? I didn't quite believe it. By the time I started looking for him, in late January 2. Somebody had just started a thread to nowhere on the Cascade Climbers forum entitled . He'd been spotted on Facebook surfing scary waves and rock climbing. Maybe he'd been sidelined by that old hip injury, someone suggested. Somebody else claimed to have seen him recently, nearly jogging up a skin track on the White Salmon. But no one knew anything for sure. I reached out to Jason Hummel, a free- heeling ex- banker turned ski photographer who'd been on a handful of remarkably spicy missions with Helmstadter during those prime years. He thought he'd heard Helmstadter was in Oregon. Or maybe Anacortes. He agreed to make a few phone calls, do what he could to help track him down. But he warned me: He didn't figure Helmstadter would be all that keen to be profiled in a magazine. It was clear Helmstadter was going through a rough patch, not the least of which was the recent loss of his dog after 1. He was pretty sure she'd been poisoned—whether by accident or with malice was uncertain. And then he stopped writing me back. The only chance I might have to actually talk to the guy, I finally realized, would be to drive north to the Cascades, and see if I could track him down in person. In Seattle, I stopped at Skoog's house to see if I could put Helmstadter in some historical context. We sat at the butcher- block kitchen island in his hilltop bungalow, three blocks from prolific climber and guidebook author Fred Beckey's house. In the wake of his wife's death in a hiking accident, Skoog now rattles around the house—as he puts it—and does his best to focus on his website. He had a vague sense that Helmstadter might've moved to Leavenworth. They were partly reformed mogul bashers on old demo K2s with Ramer bindings and strap- on skins in an era when telemarking reigned supreme in the backcountry. One significant plum was the first descent of the Edmunds Headwall on the Mowich Face of Rainier, plucked in 1. Andrew Mc. Lean and Carl, who was by then a well- known ski photographer. But the real boom—what Skoog calls the Second Golden Age of Northwest Ski Mountaineering, the boom that eventually lured Dan Helmstadter—started in the early 2. Helens, Adams, Rainier.) Fueled by a combination of new gear technology and the quick feedback loop provided by digital photography and the internet, there was a sudden explosion of activity. Rene Crawshaw, who had pioneered the White Salmon Headwall and the Northwest Couloir in the late '9. North Ridge of Baker with Skoog in July 2. In 2. 00. 3, Sky Sjue and Ben Manfredi laid surprising tracks down the Fisher Chimneys and the Price Glacier on Shuksan. And so it went. People died. Friends died. In 2. Carl fell 4,5. 00 feet to his death on Cerro Mercedario in Argentina. By the mid- aughts it wasn't just plums anymore. There was fruit everywhere, it seemed. It wasn't easy to get to. You had to learn where and when to go after it. But there was a dedicated crew at work: Sjue, Manfredi, the Hummel brothers, Eric Wehrly, and others. They were smart—finance guys, engineers, Ph. D. And at the height of it all, as if out of nowhere, the name Dan Helmstadter started to pop up. Helmstadter grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He learned to ski at Stowe and Sunday River. In high school, he was on the ski team at Blue Hills in Canton, with its one chairlift and 3. Boston's Fenway Park. In 2. 00. 2 he showed up in Jackson Hole. The earliest entries on his Summit Post ski resum. He read one of his posts about skiing a line—Sjue can't remember which—and invited him to the North Cascades. Sjue was born in Hawaii. He went to high school in Portland, Oregon, spent more years than he cares to think about at college in Lubbock, Texas, then moved to Seattle in 2. He studied subatomic nuclear physics and started skiing big lines with Manfredi, a locally renowned tele skier who would later die in a kayaking accident on the Elwha. As Sjue remembers, Helmstadter showed up in June 2. Sjue started Helmstadter off on a 2. Magic S. The next day they took it up a notch and scored a hard- won first descent of the Kumquat (aka Cumshot) Couloir on the Triad (aka Three Dicks), which Sjue had already tried various times to no avail.“He'd been living with some woman in Hood River saying he was smoking a lot of cigarettes and gained 5. I don't try to reckon on Dan. I feel lucky to know the guy. But Helmstadter was on his own program. Other people just didn't have the same boundless time and freedom and commitment to being right there when something needed skiing. He still marvels at some of the routes Helmstadter put in, especially the ones on Shuksan between the north face and the Northwest Couloir. Absolutely freakin' nuts. Skoog had wondered if anybody would ever try to ski it. His brother, Carl, had looked at it on a 3. Wishful Thinking. In late March 2. 01. Helmstadter skied it solo. Tabke met Helmstadter at a ski shop in Fremont where Tabke was working after he moved to Seattle from Utah in 2. Helmstader would stop in occasionally to chat. Tabke had quickly fallen in with the local crew, and in 2. North Peak of Hozomeen, just over the Canadian border, with Sjue and Andy Traslin. In 2. 01. 1, soon after winning the Freeskiing World Championship at Snowbird, two years before winning the first consolidated Freeride World Tour, Tabke made a couple of quiet first descents with Helmstadter, including a pioneering variation of Shuksan's Hanging Glacier Headwall. PHOTO: Christian Pondella. He was just a tough dude to find when his fucking phone doesn't work and he's in a truck and he's just chasing conditions. He'd been living with some woman in Hood River saying he was smoking a lot of cigarettes and gained 5. I don't try to reckon on Dan. I feel lucky to know the guy. I went for an early morning paddleboard with a friend on Lake Washington. Then, when I couldn't postpone it any longer, I thumbed a final text to Helmstadter's number and pressed send: I'm in Seattle. You in Anacortes? Can I buy you coffee or lunch or something? To my surprise, he texted right back: Welcome to the Northwest. Helmstadter was living in Bellingham. He was busy that day, he wrote, but might have some time the following day. He gave me some info for a ski tour at the end of the Mount Baker Highway above the ski area. By mid- afternoon I was standing on my skis on the side of Table Mountain in a T- shirt, gazing across at the shining northwest face of Shuksan. The next morning, sitting in my rental car on the streets of Bellingham, I got through to Wehrly. Helmstadter had agreed to meet me at 2 that afternoon, but it seemed entirely possible that he'd bug off. Wehrly was busy packing up his house in Seattle. Things You Didn't Know About Psych. Ever since the USA Network series Psych went off the air in March 2. Psych- os–have been calling for a revival. A Twitter account, @Psych. The. Movie, was registered that same month in order to steer the campaign for more Psych. A month later in April 2. Twitter account @Psych. Rewatch was created in order to keep the fan community going strong with a weekly group viewing of an old episode. Various petitions and Facebook campaigns were also launched in order to bring the beloved series back. Over the years, none of the cast members have shied away from wanting to return to Santa Barbara skies and revisit these zany characters. And in May 2. 01. USA Network finally gave the fans what they’ve been asking for all along with the announcement of a two hour Christmas movie set to air in December. In addition, there will be a Psych reunion panel at San Diego Comic Con this Friday, bringing together the majority of the series’ cast for the first time in three years. But before we look ahead to the Christmas movie and the teasers we’re sure to get out of Comic Con, let’s take a look back at some fun facts about the original series that might surprise even the most dedicated Psych- os around. Over the course of the widely acclaimed series, Charlie’s role developed from small supporting character to central member of the extended political family. He worked as an aide to both Martin Sheen’s President Jed Bartlet and Allison Janney’s Chief of Staff C. In his personal life, he developed a romance with Elisabeth Moss’ Zoey Bartlet, President Bartlet’s youngest daughter. Through his romance with Zoey and his work as the president’s aide, Jed and Charlie developed a quasi father/son relationship. But as is the case with many family dynamics, by the beginning of season seven, Hill was ready to leave the nest. Although he returned for a few episodes of the final season of The West Wing, Hill opted not to return full time. Instead, he chose to film a new project for USA Network called Psych. The rest is pineapple- flavored history. Pineapples are hidden in every episode, and it all started with an adlib. Speaking of pineapples, the spiny tropical fruit quickly became an easily recognized symbol of the series. This connection, however, wasn’t one that the creator or writers planned themselves. In the filming of the pilot episode, James Roday noticed a prop pineapple sitting on set of the kitchen they were filming in. On a whim, he decided to adlib, grabbing the pineapple and asking Gus if he should “slice this up for the road” as they prepared to head off on their first investigation. The adlib worked so well in every take that they simply had to keep it in. From there on, pineapples became an unexpected, yet integral part of the series. In almost every episode, there is at least one pineapple hidden for viewers to find. Sometimes, it’s as simple as a pineapple in a bowl of fruit, but other times, things are a lot trickier. Pineapple upside down cakes, pineapple patterned shirts, and pineapples made out of LED lights have all been featured in the series. A fan moderated website was launched with the goal of providing a complete record of the location of every pineapple. Animated shorts aired during early season episodes. While flashbacks to Shawn and Gus’s younger years occurred throughout the majority of the series, Psych- os who watched the series as it aired were treated to extra glimpses of their childhood in an unlikely format. During the commercial breaks of season two episodes, USA Network aired animated shorts called The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus. These shorts were designed by illustrator J. Sedelmaier, who worked on quirky animated hits including Beavis and Butt- head and The Ambiguously Gay Duo. These Big Adventures followed the hi- jinks that Shawn and Gus got up to during their elementary school days. Selected episodes covered topics ranging from curiosity about the secrets of the girls’ bathroom and the mysteries of the teachers’ lounge. Certain episodes of season four were later accompanied by live action shorts showcasing the trouble teenage Shawn and Gus got up to in their high school days. However, the zany tone of the animated series could never be matched. In the end, fewer live action installments were produced, and only the animated shorts are available on the DVD sets. The series had sneaky crossovers with Monk. Before USA Network had rebranded to become the home of darker dramas like Mr. Robot, it was known as a “blue skies” network where, according to their tagline, characters were welcome. As part of this lighter approach, the network made use of crossover commercials between its similar series in order to amuse and attract potential new viewers. Some of the best examples of these commercials included interactions between Psych. However, she deflected his offer, assuring him that she already had someone who was now “in the kitchen, alphabetizing the pantry.” Given Monk. If only we got to see more of it. The iconic episode “American Duos” was inspired by Roday and Hill goofing off. The first episode of Psych. It is the first of many parodies in a series that offers tributes to The Hangover, Twin Peaks, and Clue among many others. Its parody of American Idol is pitch perfect (although the contestants are far from it), including an incredible performance from Tim Curry as the droll Nigel St. This episode has further been credited as the episode that, according to The A. V. Club, “ended up defining Psych.“It comes as a huge surprise, therefore, that this episode was nowhere in the original plans for the series. According to Dul. While working late, they wondered what a version of Tears for Fears’ “Shout” would sound like if Roland Orzabl had been joined by Michael Jackson instead of Curt Smith. As soon as creator Steve Franks witnessed their onset impressions, he knew he had to use it in a future episode. It suffices to say that “American Duos” more than delivered on the original idea. Psych’s longest running jokes also began as improvisations. The sheer length of montages of jokes that recur over the course of the series summarizes Psych. A nearly four and a half minute compilation details every time Shawn says “Gus, don’t be. Showbiz (where the extra T is for talent), and Hummingbird Saltalamacchia. Other recurring bits include the use of Ed Lover’s catchphrase “c’mon, son!” and Gus’s terrible pickup line “You heard about Pluto? That’s messed up, right?”While many of these bizarre lines of genius come from the series’ writing staff, according to Roday and Hill, many of these jokes began as improvisation between them. For instance, Roday first called Hill’s character Gus “Silly Pants” Jackson at random in a scene, throwing Hill off entirely and greatly amusing the crew. Additionally, Hill was once watching videos of Ed Lover on set and laughing hysterically at the “cmon, son!” segments, which inspired him and Roday to incorporate the line into their characters’ banter. Four members of The Breakfast Club appeared on the show. However, the most obvious object of affection within the series is the 1. John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. The second episode of season three is a love letter to ’8. The Breakfast Club. Beyond this specific scene parallel, Psych boasts a particularly impressive fact: four of the five core members of the 1. Judd Nelson appeared in the season four episode “Death Is in the Air” as Dr. Steven Reidman. In season six, Molly Ringwald guest starred in the episode “Shawn Interrupted” as Nurse Mc. Elroy. Anthony Michael Hall had a brief arc across seasons seven and eight as Harris Trout, the antagonistic interim chief of police. Yet the most important guest star of all was Ally Sheedy, who recurred across the majority of the series as the obsessive serial killer Mr. While Emilio Estevez is the only cast member to not appear in Psych at some point, James Roday has previously hinted that things could change in the upcoming Christmas movie, so keep your fingers crossed, Psych- os. None of the major networks thought the show could work. The idea for the series originally came to creator Steve Franks after the success of his 1. Big Daddy. Although his initial pitch of the idea was quickly rejected, he held onto it for future reference, and then pursued it again years later with the help of Kelly Kulchak, who would become executive producer of Psych when it made it on air in 2. In this second round of pitching, Franks and Kulchak shopped the pitch as a one hour blend of drama and comedy in the vein of Moonlighting and Remington Steele. During this round, they pitched the project in meetings with the major networks. However, even though Kulchak notes that “it was a great pitch and everybody laughed,” ultimately, no network was willing to agree to buy the project due to the lack of dramedies on television at the time. When they met with USA Network as a last attempt at pitching, it was quickly apparent that the “blue skies” network was the perfect home for this quirky project, and the deal was made. Psych’s theme song is performed by the show’s creator. Theme songs frequently have the difficult task of summarizing the premise of a show in a short and catchy format. This is typically true of ’8. Psych has a theme song that follows this formula. The refrain even ends with the observation that “your worst inhibitions tend to psych you out in the end.” This theme song is clearly meant to be entirely tongue in cheek and aligned with Shawn Spencer’s viewpoint. What makes this theme song even better is that the band who performs it, The Friendly Indians, is the band of series creator Steve Franks and writer Tim Meltreger. So when the theme song notes that “I know, you know that I’m not telling the truth,” it’s ironically clear that viewers are really able to take those words at their face value. After all, no one would know this character’s mind better than the men who are responsible for bringing it to life.
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