Off the Beaten Track

[@arcteryx]

It's Sunday - we thought we'd to take you Off The Beaten Track, only minutes from Davos and Klosters, to untracked north faces and couloirs...

[@SolaceEasy]

I miss skiing backcountry... except for the COLD!

[@stan4now]

it is about love seeing some of the best skiers having fun is why we do this it helps with all that's goin' on until the snow flies again thx arc'teryx!

[@CyberpunkV2077]

Great video guys 🇯🇪

[@KunyIsDead]

Rösti, Bratwurst, Fondue and Kaffeeschnaps more Kaffeeschnaps and more Kaffeeschnaps... this is switzerland :D

[@BasRuggeberg]

Incredible. Super.

[@Drurgence]

Wow, stuff of dreams!

[@alexw3540]

Thoroughly enjoyed that! Thanks Arc'teryx! PS: Was any of the gear in that video a sneak peak into next years' product?

[@arcteryx]

Thanks Alex! Yes, our next collection will be up on Arcteryx.com next month.

[@alexw3540]

So rad! I love you guys.

[@arcteryx]

Alex Weronski Much appreciated, thank you :-)

[@stan4now]

Arc'teryx is strong in Colorado. My storm shell has lasted close to 10 years, still going strong. Any chance of doing a bc film here?

[@stan4now]

here's more of the story behind this by Jill Macdonald: lithographica.arcteryx.com/issue-2/ Both Jung and Joseph Campbell had a good sense of the journey we're all on that Jill Macdonald refers to. We just need to answer the question, "What do we seek?" And possibly use the time we have in solitude, even on "The uptrack. . . to reflect on who we are and where we are going." Buddha asked this long ago for himself. Look what he found. It's why His Holiness the Dalai Lama meditates daily. It's how we can realize who we are and know peace in this frightful world. Dreams don't lie about our striving for this peace that comes from being whole in oneself. Many of us escape to the mountains and wilderness as prophets, hermits, monks and nuns have always done for undisturbed meditation. Or at least to have some peace far from the maddening crowd to feel our feelings and reflect on our experiences of life and others. The reality and polarity of our psyche was evident long ago. It's not rocket science we have a good side and dark side. But Jung saw how our psyche strives for wholeness, which we too often hinder in some way. We need to find and follow our bliss as Joseph Campbell advises, what we believe will make us happiest. If it doesn't, then we need to keep searching. We may need to live several lives to realize it is inside of us, as Buddha believed. What we do outwardly can hinder this unless it is connected in some way to our journey thru life. Those of us who've experienced Deja Vu know there is truth to this. Being in the mountains or any wilderness area stirs the primal instincts and desires for understanding of who we are. It's how myths suddenly appeared, perhaps from a dream. Dreams clearly show the struggle for consciousness of who we are as human beings, as opposed to projecting our psyche on outer people, places and things. Knowing what's inside of us is what makes us whole and human, like the spiritual alchemists transforming their base nature into heavenly gold. The world religions are supposed to be about this, especially the Christian religions in knowing what can come out of us as the Christian Savior taught. Micaiah, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Plato et al said the same long before. Jung's Red Book is a collective template. Jung loved the Alps and kept a place near a forest and lake to retreat to where he wrote some of his greatest works. He realized there as many did before him that the Pantheon of Deities live not only there or on Mt. Olympus but also in our chakras, especially our solar plexus, our gut re-action, even as one reads this. His main focus was to instill a sense of Divinity in us, which our dreams often do. Myths and world history show what befalls us mere mortals when we act like the Gods and Goddesses. "On some level, each person skis alone." And, ultimately we are all alone. Nothing lasts forever. Only the Pantheon and one's specific Archetype or God or Goddess, whether called or not. Jung was so certain of this he had it engraved in stone above his doorway: "Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deuss Aderit" www.jungnewyork.com/photo_vocatus.shtml www.shambhala.com/ego-and-archetype.html

[@Larstig81]

I am not a skier, but I like to do the other things.

[@jwb143]

dude on the teles is so pitted