Famed skier Angel Collinson is also one of the subjects followed inEdge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin.
Screen Rant: How did you become involved withEdge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin?
Angel Collinson: Well, it is a high-risk sport.
So, it was both an ending and a beginning.
Did you ever have any other big injuries in your skiing career?
Most skiers have that kind of injury happen to them at some point in their career.
Angel Collinson: Yeah, Alaska was kind of my bread and butter.
People ask What do you do about avalanches?
What are the risks?
How do you deal with them?
How do you manage them?
What happens when you don’t manage them well?
You’ve since gone into sailing.
Angel Collinson: It’s a bit of both.
So, I had to learn that whole sport and how to basically read the wind.
Where skiing has transferred over is I’m learning how to read the Earth and nature’s language.
That was probably one of my favorite moments from skiing.
And so, it was kind of an ongoing battle with that.
For me, it was very much a beginning.
