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Anyone have any news on Avalanche on tacul early this morning...

All i can find is this at moment

http://www.pistehors.com/avalanche-on-the-tacul-2-dead-22939655.htm

Tommy

In reply to tscoobydoo:

http://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2013/08/13/avalanche-dans-le-mont-bl...

From the road this morning, it looked like the serac that triggered it came from the very top of the face.

In reply to jon:

Yes, I've seen the serac debris from some helicopter footage taken thus morning and the serac fell from the upper barrier, all the way down on them. Giorgio and the two clients (two lafies from Ossola) wete horribly unlucky, conditions wete excellent and there weren't even the usual windslabs.

We're all very anxious about Giorgio's conditions, he's very well known here in Courmayeur. Let's cross fingers. And were all sad about the two girls. Thank goodness nobody else was hurt

In reply to jon:

Yep, a good photo here http://www.chamonix.net/sites/default/files/Chamonix-avalancheaug2013.jpg

(From the Chamonet news item http://www.chamonix.net/english/news/avalanche-mont-blanc-tacul-13-aug-2013 )

In reply to Luca Signorelli: Very sorry to hear that it involved a friend of yours Luca, let us hope that he recovers well.

In reply to Mr Lopez: Is it me, or does that look like a lot more seracs than usual?

I have always thought that this is one of the most dangerous voi normales in the Alps - though I have certainly been up and down it many times.

In reply to tscoobydoo:
Everytime ive made my way up that slope the thought of avalanche is always in my head, i get that thought knowhere else in the mountains other than here.. thoughts go out to the two ladies and there family's and lets hope a full recovery for Giorgio's..

Keep safe guys...

Tommy

In reply to tscoobydoo: Shit, bad news. That serac has been there a while and I was a bit worried about it after coming off the top of the triangle a couple of months ago.

Thoughts to the victims and hope the guide pulls through.

In reply to tscoobydoo:

Giorgio is doing better, he's out of mechanical ventilation for the first since the accident, and his body temperature is now back to 36° C (out of 25° C when he was rescued). He's still in very serious conditions, but we're all getting moderately optimistic.

Giorgio's formidable resistance clearly has played a big role in his survival, but we all feel the Annecy hospital did an outstanding job here, really at the limit of what modern mountain medicine can do.

Today celebration of the Guides Day in Courmayuer was of course kept to a very low profile, part out of respect for the two fatalities, part out of concern for Giorgio's conditions. The fact that another two (guideless) climbers got killed on Lyskamm Ridge yesterday didn't exactly help the festive mood

In reply to Luca Signorelli:

Thanks Luca, My thoughts go out to you guys and preys for a full recovery for Giorgio..

Tommy