Kedrowski: 2017 Dr. Jon Kedrowski is teaching a class through REI...

[nomanslandCO]

The class sounded interesting to me until I read this thread. Can you guys give a little background on this guy to someone who is relatively new to this site/subculture?

Kedrowski is a very athletic person in great physical shape, who has done a lot of mountains.

He also suffers from malignant narcissism and dishonesty, and has lied about accomplishments such as skiing all of the 14ers in "a single winter/spring season" (supposedly beating Davenport's record...this was before that military guy legitimately set a new record). Not only did he not do it in under a year, he did not meet the standards that were set by prior ski finishers of the 14ers, so he technically hasn't skied all of them (though he has skied ON all of them). When Ted Mahon and Chris Davenport tried to call him out on his lack of transparency, he chose to try to flame them. There are rumors of him treating paying clients badly, too.

Got it, thanks Anna.

[benlen]

We need another Vail-based ski mountaineer to step up and fill this embarrassing void––I'll admit, I found it funny to make jests to my Aspen buddies when it looked like the good Doc was about to beat Davenport's record, but he has not conducted himself honorably, and the bald faced lies about his ski accomplishments are unacceptable, especially when he is profiting from it. Alas, this is not new to our sport.

[EZsummits]

Kedrowski is a very athletic person in great physical shape, who has done a lot of mountains.

He also suffers from malignant narcissism and dishonesty, and has lied about accomplishments such as skiing all of the 14ers in "a single winter/spring season" (supposedly beating Davenport's record...this was before that military guy legitimately set a new record). Not only did he not do it in under a year, he did not meet the standards that were set by prior ski finishers of the 14ers, so he technically hasn't skied all of them (though he has skied ON all of them). When Ted Mahon and Chris Davenport tried to call him out on his lack of transparency, he chose to try to flame them. There are rumors of him treating paying clients badly, too.

This description is perfect!! You had me at malignant

[Ptglhs]

Sort of a "Donald Trump of the Mountains"?

[scalba123]

Will there be mass protests and displays of uncivil behavior at the event?

We can only hope.

Think of it like this: what if someone trying to claim they made Memphis's best BBQ, but didn't even smoke the meat and used chicken. How would the average Memphian react?

...personally I think Memphis BBQ is highly over rated.

[XterraRob]

Sort of a "Donald Trump of the Mountains"?

Please do not insult our Commander in Chief by comparing him to Dr. Kedrowski, thank you.

[jmanner]

Sort of a "Donald Trump of the Mountains"?

Please do not insult our Commander in Chief by comparing him to Dr. Kedrowski, thank you.

Don't feed the troll.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

[aholle88]

Maybe he will show his rock toss video as part of his avalanche education section. "And this kids, is how to check for snow stability. You throw a large rock down a popular couloir in the middle of the spring. See that? No avalanche, good to go!"

[highpilgrim]

The Hutt.jpg

[bonehead]

Out of left field.
Totally uncalled for.

[XterraRob]

Don't feed the troll.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

That's not what my 2016 Ballot said.

[benlen]