Mountain Clients

Adventure sports in the Alps were brash and cocky until July 27, 1999. On that tragic day, a group of young tourists, led by gung-ho mountain guides, who ignored warning of an impending storm (nothing new there then). They were caught in an avalanche of stones and logs brought down by a flash flood and 21 young people died… The memorial to the 21 dead, is at Saxetbach just three miles up the Saxetbach valley from Interlaken. Twenty one towers of stone ornament a peaceful garden. There is also a 30-foot wide notice board filed with love letters from family, peoms from partners, and sad notes from friends…

In August, 1979, six Swiss soldiers were killed when 22 soldiers were taken into avalanche conditions by their Swiss UIAGM/IFMGA guide. In July, 1980, he was aquitted of negligence Oof course) by a Zurich Tribunal.