Most extreme line ever, or media hype?

It's an impressive piece of skiing that took incredible balls (and skill).

A combination of things...
First, it's content generation, planed by the athlete and sponsors with the hopeful intention of going viral. Then it's the way it was captured. It doesn't mater if it has been skied or ridden before (except perhaps to those who did it). It's impressive none the less...
Donnelly, we need to ski together again, it's been what, 10 years or something?

he was right behind us one afternoon on the traverse last winter, then right on past.

I mean to call Cody's line the most 'extreme' line in skiing is  a bit ambiguous. Maybe to a general public that isn't aware of the 'extremes' that can be involved in skiing, but come on guys. How about Bryce's line on the 80's chute/ Eat shit and die? Is this more or less extreme then Cody's?

I mean to call Cody's line the most 'extreme' line in skiing is  a bit ambiguous. Maybe to a general public that isn't aware of the 'extremes' that can be involved in skiing, but come on guys. How about Bryce's line on the 80's chute/ Eat shit and die? Is this more or less extreme then Cody's?

Cody's line was extreme, and how he did it made it look even more so.  I'm  sure there are some skiers/riders who given the chance to ski the line would try and turn or side step as much as they could until they reached the narrowest spot and then just figure 11 the rest of it.  I think there's much more exposure and risk of severe injury or death on the 80s chute.  Even if someone decided to make a speed run out of the 80's chute, they'd be trees at the bottom to contend with; whereas, in Alaska it's mostly wide open run outs.  I did watch someone ski the 80's chute on rental equipment in 99, but it was no where near as smooth as the way Bryce did it.  Personally my vote for one of the most extreme lines ever ridden is the group that skied the variation of Thermogenesis, i think called Cyrogenesis, off of Liberty Ridge.

In reply to skiing Alpental.  I mostly do only ski touring as I have decided to use the money I would have spent on a pass to take ski lessons or attend a race camp.

I mean to call Cody's line the most 'extreme' line in skiing is  a bit ambiguous. Maybe to a general public that isn't aware of the 'extremes' that can be involved in skiing, but come on guys. How about Bryce's line on the 80's chute/ Eat shit and die? Is this more or less extreme then Cody's?

IDK it feels subjective to me.
I wouldn't compare the two, mostly because I know the terrain Bryce skied and respect what he did. The difference in my mind is that Cody's run was captured and published in a way that really captures the moment.

We've all seen footage of a big lines skied by competent skiers both on the little screen and big. There are also those here who have stood on top of a big line at one point in their lives or another and know what it is to be gripped on top of something that is steep and exposed with little margin for error (some more than others).

After a while we get a little jaded and used to seeing this stuff...
Then a piece of content like this comes along that pushes the edge a little further out (like this did for me personally). Is it extreme, IDK, did it get my attention? You bet.

I mostly do only ski touring as I have decided to use the money I would have spent on a pass to take ski lessons or attend a race camp.

This made me laugh...