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Interviews with Hadley
The Far Out Ones
By Leslie Hittmeier
“I think one of the things I thought would help me stop being so critical of myself and freezing and skiing like a weenie, is having one trip a year that is focused on only learning. So I went to Chamonix to work on my mountaineering skills..”
Interview with Freeski Athlete Hadley Hammer: To Compete or Not to Compete
By Rob Shaul
“You have to work hard and do your job well. It’s not just skiing around in a free jacket.”
Moxxie Women-Hadley Hammer
by Moxxi Coffee
“They are home. Not only are they where I grew up but they are the mountains that raised me. The way that my family interacted with those mountains, (they said) this is where we are raising you, where you will get most of your life lessons.”
From Hotels to Hucking Cliffs: The Large Life of Hadley Hammer
By Julie Kukral
“Her first competitions went really, really badly. Like, dead last kind of bad.”
Hadley Hammer is Your Quintessential “Gutsy Girl”
Mountain Life
“There’s a pressure as a female pro athlete to represent all these women. But we are all so different. Some girls like pink, some like green ya know. And I think we have to be careful when we put people in a box.”
Pursuing Purpose: What Hadley Hammer Learned After a Life Changing Crash
By Mary Ellen Kelley
“What are the things that I care about and how do I want to write or talk about them to positively impact others? What themes do I want to focus on? ”
Talking it Out with Hadley Hammer
by Manasseh Franklin
“Hadley Hammer always seems to be smiling. Whether you spot her goofing in the snow before dropping a huge line or beaming at the camera after nailing the line, her enthusiasm for skiing is both unfailing, and infectious.”
What are we going to do with all this imagination?
Podcast Interviews
Podcast: Mtn Meister
Episode 109- Hammer Time with Hadley Hammer
Podcast: Wild Common
Episode 1- Hadley Hammer - Life, risk, love, loss, and cake.
Podcast: Sponsored
Episode 12: The Good Life with Hadley Hammer
Podcast: The Stokecast
Episode 39 – From Sommelier To Skier, Staying Curious with Hadley Hammer
Photos: Leslie Hittmeier
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About Me.
Inspired by the poem-The Wrong Person to Ask by Marjorie Lotfi Gill
Don’t ask me about handing in expense reports on time, I never manage to. But you could ask me what it’s like to jump 60 feet into the air doing two of the things humans desire-slowing time and flying,flying until my skis hit the apron below the rocky cliff.
Ask me how to make the perfect chocolate chip cookie, large and topped with flakes of Maldon sea salt. Crunchy yet gooey, sweet yet salty, an easy way to wow your friends. But don’t ask me to give you the patience you’ll need in order to not eat all the dough during the two days it needs to sit and “rest” before you begin baking these little, well actually kinda big, masterpieces.
Don't ask me what it’s like to watch your dad struggle with cancer, nobody is ready to talk about it yet, but ask me what type of music we played for our father-daughter living room dances-Motown, me standing on his toes, him trying to hit the high notes.
Ask me what it’s like to grow up in the woods of Wyoming with two brothers, my parents would probably say medical bills, I would say the perfect training to become a professional skier. Climb up the tree, jump out of the tree, jump off the roof, steal construction equipment to make home-made rails, slide up the rail, slide down the rail. Build snow caves, snow men, and get used to the putrid scent of hockey bags.
Don’t ask me what it’s like to climb 5.13, but ask me what it feels like to hang on the side of a rock wall with just my hands and feet. Ask me what it’s like to believe in your pinky fingers.
Ask me what it’s like to eat top ramen for breakfast every day of my childhood, chicken on the days I got to choose, beef on the days my brothers did, salt dripping down our chins as we rushed in order to catch the bus. Don’t ask me how I have excellent cholesterol levels.
Don’t ask me how to ask for what I need, or how to say no when I really can’t deliver what’s asked. Ask me instead how to make a dream even if it doesn’t align with your figure or personality. But the former will compete with your chances of success with the latter.
Don’t ask me why I moved to Austria. But ask me about the taste of handpicked preiselbeeren. About teasing them off their bushes, taking them home and mashing and swirling them with citrus and sugar and heaping them onto hot wiener schnitzel and pilling it all into your mouth, fries on the side.
Ask me about the hundreds of people who sent me messages after the passing of my partner, the cards, texts, emails, phone calls, the hugs and hand holds, the visits, the trips, the long walks. But don’t ask me how I can convince myself at least once a month that I am completely alone in the world.
Ask me about my view. The sand from the sahara has traveled to the alps, turning the sky a golden yellow, to a stark white, and now a fading grey over the course of writing, deleting, writing, deleting, and finishing this letter. The view he used to send my photos of. The view that pushes me to ask the air what it all means, to ask myself what can I do with this view he gave me and excellent cholesterol.
Published Writing
Summer Vacation at 18,000 ft
for Teton Gravity Research
“One, two, three. Keep counting. Keep moving. Up, Up, Up. Head throbbing. My stomach twists and turns like the clouds below. That’s right, the clouds are below my feet. At over 18,000 feet, it appears that everything is below me, the tents, food, donkeys, the city of La Paz. The only things ahead are Ian McIntosh and a boot pack to the summit.”
Far Out-Dane Tudor
for Teton Gravity Research
“If Dane Tudor were an animal, he would be a wolverine. His strength is unmatched, and he can often be found in solitude, building jumps or constructing a live-in trailer. But what makes him most like a wolverine is how he moves in the snow. Dane Tudor comes alive in the winter.”
Embracing Life’s Known Unknowns
for Teton Gravity Research
“Last month, the mountain community, heck the world, lost a great man. I think if he read this he would be mad at me for speaking in such hyperbole, but fuck it, I mean it.”
Does the Freeride World Tour Still Matter
for Powder Magazine
“Ski media is now largely consumed on our phones, allowing newcomers and pros the chance to upload their self-made edits and content that will reach thousands of consumers directly, instead of waiting for the call from a major production company. Which begs the question, does the Freeride World Tour still matter?”
GTNP-A Place for Epic-ing Through All the Seasons
for Teton Gravity Research
We are so lost. Or rather, just so off trail. Because you can’t be lost if you technically know where your destination is, right? My legs, and my best high school adventure partner Emily’s legs, looked like we had just battled with a gang of feral cats.
Jackson Hole Through the Eyes of Johnny Collinson
for Teton Gravity Research
“So what’s it like filming with this elusive creature? Well, it could be described as the following... hate hucks, fat to flats, sketchy in-runs, sketchy out runs, sketchy jumps, banshee bungees, rooftops, roadside hits and of course chicken tenders. While it was technically my job as the Jackson Hole native to show Johnny around for the segment of this year’s TGR film, it was definitely me being shown how to do everything else besides navigating the lifts and terrain of my home hill.”
The Cost of Competing on the Freeride World Tour
for Powder Magazine
“The lack of financial support for skiers is nothing new, nor is it endemic to competitors. Funding falls short for even top TGR athletes. If anything, the lack of financial gain is just a testament to how the spirit and soul of skiing can be motivation enough.”
Revisiting Bill Briggs
for Teton Gravity Research
““Duck again,” Ben said.
More snow. This time, I was ready for the morning shower to be over. I was ready to be at the top. I was ready for my skis to replace my crampons. And I was really, really ready for a slice of pizza at Dornans.”
