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2 993 days skiing streak

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I_Am_Mod
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just wanted to give an heads up that Rainer Hertich put a stop to his epic skiing streak of 2993 days, thats over 8 years of daily skiing !

He was diagnosed with cardiac arythmia so decided to put a stop to this epic streak!

read the story:

LIKE A BOSS!
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i can only dream of breaking his record one day !

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Jan 12 2012 3:22PM
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marsh.
Posts: 1173 - Karma: 1,403

what a boss.

Jan 12 2012 3:23PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
living the dream
Jan 12 2012 3:24PM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
Skiing everyday 8 years straight would seem kinda boring...
Jan 12 2012 3:24PM
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Static
Posts: 8496 - Karma: 4,090
shoulda poped a bayer and went for 3k
Jan 12 2012 3:26PM
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seward
Posts: 5233 - Karma: 2,174
fuckin your mom everyday 8 years straight would seem kinda boring....

skiing, would not.
Jan 12 2012 3:27PM
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keimel
Posts: 1231 - Karma: 2,250
so sweet
Jan 12 2012 3:28PM
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imajew
Posts: 324 - Karma: 22
......he really couldn't manage another week for the 3k?

nah but thats still fucking incredible.
Jan 12 2012 3:28PM
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GORILLA.
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 70
that's insane.

how would you have time for that? is he retired or something?
Jan 12 2012 3:29PM
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crab_pretzel
Posts: 3919 - Karma: 622
wait wait, seriously 2993 days in a row without a single day of no skiing? or am i misunderstanding
Jan 12 2012 3:29PM
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jreilly
Posts: 1165 - Karma: 619
Get off newschoolers.
Jan 12 2012 3:31PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
^^i think so ...

heres some more about the guy, he's nuts, but the awesome kind, not the disturbing kind of nuts...
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0907/as_ski_rainer_576.jpg
Jan 12 2012 3:32PM
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Capernicus
Posts: 382 - Karma: 218
Yea man. He's legit. He has no reason to lie about this anyway.

This record is Cal Ripken-esq.
Jan 12 2012 3:36PM
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.Frank
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He is my new role model. So awesome!
Jan 12 2012 3:40PM
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daudino88
Posts: 57 - Karma: 25
wow thats crazy! I get pumped when I can go up 2 days straight haha.. damn school
Jan 12 2012 3:42PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
Posts: 958 - Karma: 33
a week off of 3000, damn!! what a champ. i wonder if he has kids /  family ?
Jan 12 2012 3:46PM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
Woahhhhhhhhhh buddy
Jan 12 2012 3:47PM
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cwillygood
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Thats some dedic
Jan 12 2012 3:48PM
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KevinK.
Posts: 564 - Karma: 209
I met him at T line a few summers ago nice guy, 8 years straight thats so sick!
Jan 12 2012 4:13PM
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CRiP
Posts: 1323 - Karma: 482
that guys dope
Jan 12 2012 4:22PM
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Chuckerr1231
Posts: 758 - Karma: 54
rode the palmer lift with him a few random times this summer, such a nice guy!
Jan 12 2012 4:44PM
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SteepAnDeep
Posts: 81 - Karma: 82
I was just trying to recall this guy the other day as I had read an article on him a few years ago. Talk about being dedicated and devoting almost a decade to skiing, Rainer is truly one of a kind.

Doing anything, not including waking up each day, for 8 years is pretty impressive. To think that he had to earn his turns for so many days & not just jump on a lift to get to the top of the hill even makes this feat that much more prolific.
Jan 12 2012 4:45PM
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tacobellslayer
Posts: 1493 - Karma: 214
I rode up the gondola with him at keystone earlier this season. Super hilarious guy, he told me that he and his friends were hot doggers a while back and that his hungover and high friend accidentally did one of the first dub backflips on accident on a practice mougle jump. He said his friend described it as "well I went for flip and saw the sky then the ground then the sky then ground and somehow I landed on my feet!" cool dude
Jan 12 2012 4:46PM
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Ehh...
Posts: 1897 - Karma: 1,423
What resort is open year round to do that?
I mean windells and CoC are open during the summer but not to ski like that?
Jan 12 2012 4:46PM
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Cult_Leader
Posts: 413 - Karma: 40
There is something wrong with you...
Jan 12 2012 4:48PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,458
He would be a tele skier. Seriously.
Jan 12 2012 4:50PM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 218
Shit's crazy. What a baws.
Jan 12 2012 5:08PM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
Shit, since he's tele, these days are all invalid.....
Jan 12 2012 5:12PM
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theabortionator
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Jealous, I ddnt even have 0days this season
Jan 12 2012 5:13PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13050 - Karma: 18,319
holy shit that guy had it good. I only dream to get 100 days
Jan 12 2012 5:16PM
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SpliffyJ
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Skiing 8 years straight would definitely NOT seem kinda boring.
It would seem fucking amazing
Jan 12 2012 5:21PM
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Trace.
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Probably travels to South America or hood in the summer
Jan 12 2012 5:23PM
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NinetyFour
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What about New Zealand? They're skiable during our summer, aren't they?
Jan 12 2012 5:24PM
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207
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read it...he couldn't he could have died when he took that run for 2993 he was hospitalized right after
Jan 12 2012 5:47PM
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DERS.
Posts: 6299 - Karma: 1,293
invalid. he would have to take a day off to travel there, ruining the streak.
Jan 12 2012 5:49PM
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SketchyMike
Posts: 539 - Karma: 71
if you would have read the story you would have seen this: "Along the way he became famous for skiing a pre-dawn run in Oregon each fall, then flying to Chile and heading straight to the slopes the following day."
Jan 12 2012 5:59PM
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smeeze
Posts: 879 - Karma: 126
I luled. True that sir
Jan 12 2012 6:03PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542
wow fucked up he never hurt himself
Jan 12 2012 6:19PM
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mscinto
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Holy shit, that is over 9 years of straight skiing! Livin the life
Jan 12 2012 6:45PM
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mscinto
Posts: 603 - Karma: 68
Sorry, 8 but still sick
Jan 12 2012 6:48PM
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STAUSS
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thats core. 
Jan 12 2012 6:52PM
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_Jesus_
Posts: 2070 - Karma: 260
TALKED TO THIS GUY ON THE LIFT IN SUMMER.

/CLAIM
Jan 12 2012 6:54PM
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DERS.
Posts: 6299 - Karma: 1,293
touche.

my point still stands for travel to new zealand
Jan 12 2012 7:25PM
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KoalaTime
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OK so just to clear up some stuff about this guy that has been brought up. He works at Copper Mountain as a night cat operator. He was planning on stopping his streak this year anyways but I guess his illness forced the stop. I think he has some absurd number of vertical feet that he was trying to get to and then he was stopping.

He works at Mt. Hood during the summer and takes a trip down to Chile during the summer as well.

He also skis with tele bindings but I've never seen him actually do a tele turn.
Jan 12 2012 7:30PM
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Gstrong
Posts: 4776 - Karma: 518
what about travel days?
Jan 12 2012 7:46PM
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theWIZARD
Posts: 935 - Karma: 76
Can you even ski?
Jan 12 2012 7:49PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,545
ITT: people asking fucking stupid questions because they didn't read the fucking article.
Jan 12 2012 7:56PM
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PhaedeD
Posts: 11498 - Karma: 327
100% agree. the people telling you to fuck off are the kids living on the east coast that get to ski 25 days a year.
Jan 12 2012 8:03PM
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wagz
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O.
Jan 12 2012 8:43PM
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soulskier
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that is absolutely insane.i have to imagine that there were a few days when he clicked in and skied to his mailbox just to keep the streak alive. regardless, that's incredible and a shame it ended the way it did.
Jan 12 2012 9:07PM
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