Xavier de le Rue's Mission Antarctica: Episode 1

It’s probably the steepest line i’ve ever seen that wasn’t a sheet of ice

That Lucas Debari quote succinctly sums up this two and half minutes of yet more excruciatingly teasing footage from Xavier de le Rue’s latest project ‘Mission Antarctica’. Even though it contains zero snowboarding, it’s still a gripping look into what will undoubtedly be an epic piece of shred cinematography.

We’ve already had Xavier proclaim that he’s ‘shitting himself’ ascending some of these faces in a teaser prior to this one and as words that you rarely hear escape the lips of this particular Frenchman, we know this is going to be next level.

If only ‘fall 2013′ wasn’t half a year away…