“Host Adam Jaber is joined by ‘breakout star and backbone of The Fifty Project, Bjarne Salén. Bjarne is far more than Cody Townsend’s sidekick.

This all-around outdoorsman and storyteller from Sweden, also owns his own film company and van building business. He and Adam talk setting boundaries, the perils of self-employment and go in depth with van chats and Bjarne’s passion for it.

We also learn how he got involved with The Fifty Project, what its actually like filming with Cody and the biggest challenges creating each episode. And what’s the prospect of ever actually finishing all 50?

They also go behind The Fifty discussing yoga, meditation, coffee, routines, social media detoxes and the ski industry’s often toxic relationship with alcohol.”

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The FIFTY - Line 38/40 - “A Return to the Steeps - The Sphinx, AK” will be going live on Wednesday, November 2nd at 8:00am PST.

In 2019, The FIFTY sent it up to Alaska to attempt the modern classic, The Sphinx. But the puckering steeps, cruel exposure and hardpack conditions sent the crew home with their tail between their legs and the line unfinished. Three years of watching the weather, conditions and stability from thousands of miles away and a miraculous window beckons in April of 2022. A mad dash scramble the day after skiing Line 37 of The FIFTY leads to a strike mission to Cordova, AK and the base of Points North Heli.

This line represents not only a monumental moment in the history of freeride skiing when it was first ridden in the late 90's but a measuring stick for the progress of The FIFTY. Returning to it's legendary steeps to climb again highlights just how far the project has come since it's inception in 2019.

Co-Starring: Nick Russell and Ed Shanley

Honey Stinger, the sports nutrition brand, has partnered with professional backcountry skier Cody Townsend as he attempts to ski the fifty most challenging backcountry ski lines in North America.

“Townsend has been a longtime fan of the brand and has been using Honey Stinger products to fuel his backcountry skiing adventures for years, so this partnership was a natural fit,” said Rich Thompson, CEO of Honey Stinger. “He’s an icon in the skiing community, and we are proud to support him as he continues to pioneer the sport.”

As a Honey Stinger athlete, Townsend uses the brand’s complete product line, including its Prepare, Perform, Recover system.

“This is a topic of heavy debate in the skiing and climbing communities, a question that may not have a cut-and-dry answer and a term that gets loosely used for a catchall of a lot of what I like to do in the mountains these days. Hell, it’s a term I use, probably too liberally, to explain to others what this @the.fifty.project is about.”

— Cody Townsend

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Cody’s steep freeskiing tutorial from Salomon TV