Story on page 19 in today's Evening Standard of how a "man cheated death" by swimming in an avalanche on the Aiguille de Bionnassay. Worth checking out for the commute home, since it stars at least one member of the UKC parish. It also covers the mid service breakdown of the Mt Blanc cable car. I presume it is the Midi telepherique.
A great write up. A key word for me was 'wind' which was mentioned several times. The slide that killed Roger Payne and others last summer was also after unseasonal bad weather and high wind. It looks like windslab is now much more of an issue in summer and spring than it used to be.
Fri Night Vid Ethan Pringle on one of Portugal's Hardest Sport Climb
In this week's Friday Night Video, we follow Ethan Pringle to the 'not-yet-popular' but world-class sport crag of Meio Mango in Portugal. In the film, Ethan attempts one of the country's hardest lines, Filipinos, which was first...
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