Welcome to Feel the Edge

Living it up in Lake Placid

Adil Latif | Snowboarding-Mont Blanc glacier Descent | ON 19th December 2005 | 0 comments

First day of training has come to an end together with my freezing fingertips and I could swear my nose must have fallen off as I can't feel it any more! Obviously fell many times including one close encounter with a pole. Whiteface resort provided me Brendan, who is a qualified instructor and had a fantastic attitude to adapting his training methods for me. Whiteface also fully kitted me out with a snowboard, helmet and the worlds most comfortable snowboarding boots. Lake Placid Day2 2nd day...

New York New York- Drive to Lake Placid

Adil Latif | Snowboarding-Mont Blanc glacier Descent | ON 18th December 2005 | 0 comments

As I am in New York for business purposes I thought I'd take the opportunity to begin the training for my Mont Blanc challenge here! Beginning at the same place where the first winter Olympics took place, Lake Placid. I met up with my contacts and the journey begins. In the car with Anthony and Doug driving from New York City to Lake Placid . Anthony is the kind camera man/ production man/comforting sage with a cool attitude. Doug is a marketing guru and an extreme sports junky wit...

Introduction to Feel the Edge and the Mont Blanc Challenge

Adil Latif | Snowboarding-Mont Blanc glacier Descent | ON 1st December 2005 | 0 comments

Welcome to "Feel The Edge' "Thousands of survivors have still not been reached. Some communities have told Oxfam that they have already started digging graves before the earth is hardened by the winter. It is a race against the onset of appalling weather – but success is still possible if the relief operation is scaled up now." My unusual fundraising quest to assist in the aftermath of the South Asia Earthquake is to snowboard down a Glacier on Month Blanc, takingn a rout...