1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Dr. Wes Wylie is the guy you want on your heliskiing crew. He’s a heliski guide at Alaska’s Tordillo Mountain Lodge as well as Powderbirds out of Snowbird. He’s been a ski patroller at Deer Valley for more than 20 years. He travels to Chile and New Zealand in the summer to guide clients. Oh, and he’s also a private physician who travels the country practicing medicine.&amp;nbsp; 1:00: Are you a ski guide who practices medicine or a doctor who skis?&amp;nbsp; 2:30: Getting into medicine as a way to ski 3:45: The overlap between doctoring and skiing. A typical year on mountains, with a few months in hospitals. 5:50: “The big dinner conversation.” Honing aging bodies for skiing. Clients as patients. How to offset the 1% annual loss of muscle mass in men in their 50s, 60s and 70s.&amp;nbsp; 7:15: The “easy” prescription to offset that muscle loss and even build muscle past age 50.&amp;nbsp; 9:00: And even thwart the insidious weight gain of life after 50.&amp;nbsp; 12:00: Advice for skiers looking to stay on skis deep into their 80s or even 90s: minimize the impacts.&amp;nbsp; 12:35: People get injured for three reasons. Two of them are the fault of the guides.&amp;nbsp; 14:20: Progressing “never-ever” Alaska helicopter skiers into steep, deep, sprawling terrain.&amp;nbsp; 15:20: Second time's the charm.&amp;nbsp; 18:30: Being “really spherical” when talking as a guide. 20:00: The photographic component of guiding. Tips for creating lifelong keepsakes.&amp;nbsp; 23:40: Photos as “a great venue for people to review their skills.” 25:50: Building the ultimate guide ski for heavy-pack skiing in variable conditions in Alaska 28:00 The ultimate guide ski looks like this 32:00 The best advice he’s ever received: Movement is good. Stay in the flow. When people stay in the flow state, all the mechanics fall into place. Next Level Skiing https://www.wagnerskis.com/nextlevel/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16920275/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/e74c3c/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/16920275