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| Sara Berthelot and Paul Mason qualify as French Guides | 28/06/2009 9:38 |
| This season 54 new guides have qualified from the French National School for Skiing and Climbing (ENSA) based in Chamonix. Amongst them just one woman, Sara Berthelot and a rare American, Paul Mason. Sara Berthelot | |
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| Avalanche kills two on Mont Blanc | 25/06/2009 2:35 |
| Two Haute-Savoyards have been killed by an avalanche on Mont Blanc early yesterday. The climbers were attempting a long route on the Droites above the Talèfre glacier. It seems that the pair were hit by a small slab under the Tour des Courtes at around 3600 meters altitude. The men were swept to their deaths over cliffs. | |
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| ARVA Link joins Pulse to set new avalanche beacon standards | 10/06/2009 13:47 |
| French avalanche beacon manufacturer Nic-Impex, which makes the popular ARVA brand of avalanche beacon has joined Mammut?s W-Link initiative to augment the amount of information available to searches looking for buried avalanche victims. The missing link in avalanche beacons ? | |
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| Karine Ruby killed by crevasse fall | 29/05/2009 12:10 |
| Olympic snowboarding champion Karine Ruby and a client have been killed by a crevasse fall on Mont Blanc. A second client is in a serious condition. Ruby won Olympic gold for the snowboarding giant slalom at Nagano in 1998. Ruby passed the grueling guiding exams last summer along with 46 other candidates. | |
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| Climate Change a la carte | 23/05/2009 12:28 |
| Retreating glaciers, one of the results of climate change, creates a number of problems. New lakes can form, threatening habitation if the dam holding back the waters bursts. A change in the water cycle can alter irrigation and electricity generation. The new landscape also creates a headache for map makers and users of their products, skiers and walkers. Original 1980s IGN map | |
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| Dynastar Altitrail Powder build problems | 20/05/2009 13:06 |
| Billed as a revolution for ski touring. A mid-fat freeride ski weighing just 2.7kg the Dynastar Altitrail Powder seemed like the answer to our dreams. At 80mm underfoot it could handle powder and difficult snow while climbing like a racer. | |
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| Two ski tourers dead in Alps | 17/05/2009 18:51 |
| There have been a number of incidents in the Alps. Team PisteHors was in the Ecrins this weekend to climb the Agneaux above Villar d?Arêne . This morning we heard the rescue helicopter making a number of rotations. A 45 year old Grenoble based ski tourer was killed after falling 400 meters over rock bands on the north face of the Pic Maître around 3000 meters altitude. | |
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| Chalet in the Alps for 200,000 euros? | 17/05/2009 18:33 |
| If you get your skates on you can pick up a 235 m2 chalet at the foot of the ski runs in Grand Bornand for 200,000 euros. The fantastic wooden chalet. valued at 600,000 euros is due to go to auction on the 11th of June at the the Annecy High Court (tribunal de Grande instance) | |
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| Chalet in the Alps for 200,000 euros? | 17/05/2009 16:27 |
| If you get your skates on you can pick up a 235 m2 chalet at the foot of the ski runs in Grand Bornand for 200,000 euros. The fantastic wooden chalet. valued at 600,000 euros is due to go to auction on the 11th of June at the the Annecy High Court (tribunal de Grande instance) | |
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| Two ski tourers dead in Alps | 17/05/2009 16:21 |
| There have been a number of incidents in the Alps. Team PisteHors was in the Ecrins this weekend to climb the Agneaux above Villar d?Arêne . This morning we heard the rescue helicopter making a number of rotations. A 45 year old Grenoble based ski tourer was killed after falling 400 meters over rock bands on the north face of the Pic Maître around 3000 meters altitude. | |
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