Michael C Wirth

[Been_Jammin]

I discovered this mountain athlete recently and haven't seen anyone mention him on the forums yet. From Colorado. Really impressive. Check him out!

https://michaelcwirth.com/

[madbuck]

Met him at a 50k race last summer, nice chill guy. Big motor, moves fast and long and high in the mountains all year, fun to follow on Strava

Edit: Going to add that the most important thing is to see him come back!

[zootloopz]

Met him at TMR which he won. Also the FKT holder for the bells traverse now.

[eskermo]

There is also a Golden, CO native that graduated from Golden HS and CU Boulder named Mike Wirth. This particular Mike Wirth actually holds a real job and contributes to society, enabling this "Ethnographer/Professional Ski Mountaineer" to burn excessive fossil fuels in pursuit of Likes and more sponsorships.

Check him out, really impressive:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wirth-chevron

[Jorts]

There is also a Golden, CO native that graduated from Golden HS and CU Boulder named Mike Wirth. This particular Mike Wirth actually holds a real job and contributes to society, enabling this "Ethnographer/Professional Ski Mountaineer" to burn excessive fossil fuels in pursuit of Likes and more sponsorships.

Check him out, really impressive:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wirth-chevron

Ouch. Irrespective of his lineage, he has done some really impressive things in the mountains.

[Been_Jammin]

Mike Wirth, CEO of a $150B company = Really impressive
Michael C Wirth, 31 classic ski descents in one season = Really REALLY impressive

[vertical_volume]

He’s an absolute beast and a top end athlete, but he appears very careless when it comes to risk management on avy terrain based on the snowbrains article about him. Further, he skied comstock around the same time as Cody Townsend did and Cody had said there wasn’t a single chance he would’ve skied the day Michael did.

Again, amazing athlete. Hope he stays alive. I’d love to see what boundaries he pushes.

[cottonmountaineering]

There is also a Golden, CO native that graduated from Golden HS and CU Boulder named Mike Wirth. This particular Mike Wirth actually holds a real job and contributes to society, enabling this "Ethnographer/Professional Ski Mountaineer" to burn excessive fossil fuels in pursuit of Likes and more sponsorships.

Check him out, really impressive:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-wirth-chevron

You alright man?

[Snow_Dog_frassati]

He’s an absolute beast and a top end athlete, but he appears very careless when it comes to risk management on avy terrain based on the snowbrains article about him. Further, he skied comstock around the same time as Cody Townsend did and Cody had said there wasn’t a single chance he would’ve skied the day Michael did.

Again, amazing athlete. Hope he stays alive. I’d love to see what boundaries he pushes.

↑ The stories I've heard about this kid's relationship with risk kinda throw a shadow over a lot of his accomplishments for me.

[SchralpTheGnar]

Hopefully he'll get the opportunity to mature with age, the stuff I was doing in my early/mid 20s would be deemed high risk/extremely stupid for sure, wasn't until early 30s that I realized I could die doing this stuff.

[ltlFish99]

Indeed.
Now in my sixties, my skiing pursuits have changed dramatically.

[nunns]

Personally I plan to go the opposite direction. The less life on this earth that I have remaining, the more willing I am to gamble slightly with the time that I have left here. I am still pretty conservative and don't plan on chancing too much in the next 20 years, but if I were to die at 93 yo on the descent after having just become the oldest man to summit Little Bear, that wouldn't be a terrible way to go.

Sean Nunn
Raytown MO