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without interrupting other skiers or boarders on the mountain. So we had our location, but this was all about using the right tools for the job – that was our theme.
Monday morning, I had landed in Barcelona to meet John for the F1 testing, my bags packed with ski boots and gear for the rest of the week, little did I know that I would need my ski gear trackside as the Circuit de Cataluña was plunged in 3 degrees and snow. My destination was Lech so I ew out of Barcelona to Munich early Wednesday morning where I was to collect our transport for the shoot. We had three board riders, Jenny and myself, plus skis, snowboards, boots, helmets, bags and all our camera gear, so we needed the right car for the job - or should I say the right truck for the job.
I arrived at the of ces of AEC in Munich who had arranged transport for the shoot, in the street outside stood a Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab Longhorn in Black Crystal Pearl Coat, standing taller than me at just over 6ft it certainly looked the part. I lifted the rear seat and ipped out the luggage shelf, the Ram has so many useful features, I love it. With my iPhone connected and my iPad stood on the vast dash top for use as navigation (this vehicle had just returned to Germany and Nav was loaded as South America) I pulled away into the Munich traf c - destination Innsbruck, the rst 100 miles of my 175 mile run into Lech.
I was collecting two of our snowboarders in Innsbruck, Lisa and Anna, both downhill skateboarders that had grown up in the mountains
and been skiing or boarding all their lives. As I arrived to collect Lisa whom I had never met before I called her to say look for the big dirty truck, she laughed when we met as she didn’t think it would be as big, or as dirty as I’d said. By now the black Ram was white from the salt on the roads, which just made it look even meaner. With Lisa’s gear in the back and her snowboard in the covered pick up bed we drove up to the top of Innsbruck to pick up Anna who had just nished her days work instructing at the ski school. Next stop Lech am Arlberg.
The last part of our journey was through the Alps, the steep mountain roads were bordered by metres of snow perfect for the 5.7ltr Hemi powered Ram as we powered up the Alpine roads. We arrived in
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