Vienna Philharmonic member dies on Mt. Fuji

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Vienna Philharmonic member dies on Mt. Fuji

by sierra100 » Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:55 pm

Is this a member of this board?

I remember reading a trip report on here a while ago of an Orchestra member climbing Fuji...

Unfortunately the link I bookmarked doesn't work anymore:
http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/6 ... onies.html


Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are deeply shocked after the death of one of their members during a hiking trip in Japan yesterday (Weds).

The world-famous orchestra announced today that 41 year old contrabassist Georg Straka fell down a 400-metre ravine after slipping on an icy surface during an expedition on the 3,776-metre Fuji Mountain.

The orchestra, who are currently on a tour through Japan, added that the Mödling-born virtuoso most likely died on the spot.

The Vienna Philharmonic controversially decided not to cancel their final concert of the tour which is set to take place in the Japanese capital Tokyo on 10 November.

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http://austrianindependent.com/news/General_News/2010-11-04/5192/Vienna_Philharmonic_star_dies_in_Japan_hike


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcZgyk2HeCE[/youtube]

condolences.

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Re: Vienna Philharmonic member dies on Mt. Fuji

by Brad Marshall » Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:52 pm

Very sad news.

Hopefully I'm wrong here and this wasn't SP member Borut Kantušer. I seem to remember his discussing being part of an orchestra.

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Re: Vienna Philharmonic member dies on Mt. Fuji

by Petro » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:07 am

Just read the original message and you won't have to guess...


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