Replying to what the Pope said about skiing

I read in Outside magazine last year an article about the Popes skiing history, he skied backcountry all over Poland i think it was before he was the designated Pope, there are supposedly some sick mountains there in Poland, really gnar gnar slopes... Anyways the Pope (or JP2 as the dudes at Outside called him) is too old to ski anymore but he said that the freedom of skiing is a blessing from God, and that resort accessed slopes are still cool, but the true blessing about skiing is that it gives us the abilty to explore wherever we want, i thought that was so tight, the article also talked about his old school gear and they said the bases were thrashed and they speculated that JP2 was a ripper, after reading the article i wanted to hike like 90 miles out to a glacier to ski, i'm so pumped for the winter, all i need now is my avy beacon!