http://www.mountain-clients.org.uk/2008/06/chance-risk-and-accidents-in-2008/ Important information for the clients of mountain guides Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.mountain-clients.org.uk/2008/06/chance-risk-and-accidents-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Dennis Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:06:36 +0000 http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/Mountain-Clients/?p=138#comment-16 I watched with intepidation today a Youtube video of a group crossing a snowed-up Grand Couloir on the Normal Route to Mont Blanc. I cringed as they had their 'safety rope' attached to a supposed 'safety cable' that has been strung out across the Couloir for many years now. As they proceeded to cross, their safety rope is pulled away from them as the hang of the cable is too far out from the couloirs surface. Having seen too many 'epics' at this spot and watched many antics surrounds this 'safety cable' I have never personally attached to it. Climbers have been bounced off the tiny; sometimes icy path at this spot once the heavy cable started to 'bounce' along its length I watched with intepidation today a Youtube video of a group crossing a snowed-up Grand Couloir on the Normal Route to Mont Blanc. I cringed as they had their ‘safety rope’ attached to a supposed ‘safety cable’ that has been strung out across the Couloir for many years now. As they proceeded to cross, their safety rope is pulled away from them as the hang of the cable is too far out from the couloirs surface. Having seen too many ‘epics’ at this spot and watched many antics surrounds this ‘safety cable’ I have never personally attached to it. Climbers have been bounced off the tiny; sometimes icy path at this spot once the heavy cable started to ‘bounce’ along its length

]]> http://www.mountain-clients.org.uk/2008/06/chance-risk-and-accidents-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Dennis Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:23:25 +0000 http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/Mountain-Clients/?p=138#comment-15 On the 17 June, 2008 an Independent, Chamonix guide was killed when he and his two lients were avalanched down the Gouter Coulior on the Normal Route on Mont Blanc: <a href="http://chamonet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=3548" rel="nofollow">http://chamonet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=3548</a> On the 17 June, 2008 an Independent, Chamonix guide was killed when he and his two lients were avalanched down the Gouter Coulior on the Normal Route on Mont Blanc:
http://chamonet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=3548

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