Caroline slaying some deep pow. Lee Cohen Photo
I recently spoke with ski mountaineer, Caroline Gleich, about how she uses music as a motivator in the mountains and found that the music she listens to definitely reflects her sparkling and happy spirit.
What is your relationship with music and skiing?
For me, music is totally about getting energized and loosening up pre-ski. It’s like coffee to me—I listen to upbeat music in the morning as I’m getting ready, and it’s always blasting in my car! I like dance and pop when I’m trying to get psyched or even if I’m trail running or training in the gym. Even when I’m cooling down at the end of the day and I still like to listen to dance music and move my hips.
What are you listening to right now?
Right now the song that gets me most fired up is I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ by the Scissor Sisters, because is reminds me of Liz. She always had the best playlists and when we’d go on trips together we would just jam out and be wild and free and shake our hair and just blast music, we even made a music video in Alaska on a rest day last year. She introduced me to that song and ever since then I think of it as the anthem of our relationship. One of my goals lately is to bring the energy we shared to the world and the mountains, and this song reminds me to focus on the positive, keep dancing, and know that life’s too awesome to be sad.
Below is a playlist with some of Caroline's favorite music. Check it out here!
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About The Author
stash member Leslie Hittmeier
Leslie is a freelance writer and photographer. Storytelling is her focus and she spends her time following badass skiers and climbers around in their natural habitats. As an obsessed skier and climber herself, she plays and trains in the Tetons.
Alex Klarkson
September 19th, 2022
Ski mountaineering is cool. When I found on https://google.com the most extreme sports, I was amazed at the high level of these athletes.
Alex Klarkson
September 19th, 2022
Ski mountaineering is cool. When I found on Google the most extreme sports, I was amazed at the high level of these athletes.