Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:43 pmby Diego Sahagún
http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/cl ... o%C3%BBter 
In order to avoid accidents, the Company of Guides - Saint Gervais suspended the ascent of Mont Blanc via the Gouter Route...
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:47 pmby Diego Sahagún
On July 9th a Korean dead
at an altitude of about 4200m on Mont Maudit: http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/mo ... f-fatality And four other climbers lost their lives in late June:
http://www.chamonix.net/english/news From 1990 to 2011, French mountain police force registers show 291 rescue operations in the Goûter couloir, on the normal route on Mont-Blanc, which resulted in 74 deaths and 180 injuries. 30% of accidents have been caused by stone falls from the Mont-Blanc slopes.
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:11 pmby Cy Kaicener
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:51 pmby Diego Sahagún
Even there are high temperatures in the Swiss Alps this summer:
http://desnivel.com/alpinismo/calor-int ... pes-suizos (in Spanish)
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:09 pmby Diego Sahagún
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Sat Aug 22, 2015 5:54 pmby Cy Kaicener
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:59 pmby Cy Kaicener
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:13 pmby english_alpinist
Add to this lot, me on October 4th, sitting down exhausted on the Aiguille du Midi Arete wanting neither to ascend nor descend. Fortunately it was a low key rescue, a PGHM guy 'towing' me up by a rope around my waist.
I admit to this, as a warning to others. Judging your energy levels is a massive call, which you've got to weigh up against where you are, what you're trying to do, the gear and provisions you've got, what the weather might do (or has just done, even).
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:56 pmby bufzius
Chosing a speed of ascent, that will work, is very very simple!
Joining up with people faster than oneself is a severe strategic mistake. At least if they are not able to slow down (most people aren't, we just cant help it, it's still a sport, and if someone is slower, the better!)
Main risk in the mountains: oneself and the team.
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:41 pmby Cy Kaicener
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:06 pmby Cy Kaicener
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Mon Jun 13, 2016 6:34 pmby Cy Kaicener
Re: Two dead near Chamonix-Mont Blanc
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Mon Jun 27, 2016 4:17 pmby Cy Kaicener
Climbing fatality in the Mont Blanc massif - Aiguille de Rochefort
http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/cl ... -rochefort
