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 jon 13 Aug 2014
... the highest, deadliest peak in the Swiss alps. I felt like an antelope being ripped down by a lion... Watch the video: http://www.franceinfo.fr/emission/l-invite-de-8h15/2013-2014/mont-blanc-tou...
Ken_Chamonix 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

Not very new (dates back to July): http://abcnews.go.com/International/dad-kids-escape-avalanche-europes-highe...

...but there's even worse ! Read the following article:

Austrian Mountaineer Tries to take his 5 year old Son to Summit Mont Blanc... Find out more http://www.chamonet.com/events/news


OP jon 13 Aug 2014
In reply to Ken_Chamonix:

Yes, it was more the reporting I was referring to.
 Enty 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

Classic - does this mean it's ok for me to take Little Ent up the Midi just for a look around?

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 Pids 13 Aug 2014
In reply to Enty:

why not - its a ride in a cable car, to a restaurant after all - if Little One feels ill jump on next cable car down

planning the walk down into the glacier would be fine as well, just keep them short roped, down and back up would be fine
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

Disappointing that in all that careful, dispassionate journalism they got the altitude wrong. The couloir is more like 3400m than 3700m.
 pneame 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

Goodness gracious - they'll be taking children up Mount Snowden next!

- shocked in Tampa
 Andy Say 13 Aug 2014
In reply to pneame:

> Goodness gracious - they'll be taking children up Mount Snowden next!

> - shocked in Tampa

Don't worry. There is strong resistance to that idea - http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=594797&v=1#x7847815
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to pneame:


> - shocked in Tampa

Be careful. Those Louisianan swaps are dangerous and full of crocodiles. There're not called the SWAMPS OF DEATH for nothing.
OP jon 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

Peter's alright... he's in Florida.
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

No, definitely the most dangerous swamps in Louisiana around Tampa. I hear being eaten by a crocodile is like being hit by a mass of snow too.
Ken_Chamonix 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

Listen carefully and get a geography lesson . Somehow Mont Blanc has moved to Switzerland and is now "the highest deadliest peak in the SWISS Alps" LOL!!!
 Andy Say 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

They wrote a song about them. - youtube.com/watch?v=IlrUzAmKO1Y&
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to Ken_Chamonix:

That's what I was getting at!
OP jon 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

Too quick for me today!
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

There are no crocodiles round there either!
Ken_Chamonix 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

There may be sharks in the Mer de Glace
After all, there's the Shark's hut (refuge du Requin) and the Shark's Tooth (Dent du Requin)....
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to Ken_Chamonix:
I didn't know that but next time I need to talk about sharks in French I'll have no problems! While we discussing French, how is Vallot, as in the hut, pronounced? Are the els sounded, or is it like aiguille? I assume the t is silent?
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 Simon4 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

> I hear being eaten by a crocodile is like being hit by a mass of snow too.

What about the risk of snow-sharks? Or Crocktopusses?

 Simon4 13 Aug 2014
In reply to Ken_Chamonix:

> After all, there's the Shark's hut (refuge du Requin) and the Shark's Tooth (Dent du Requin)....

Devils as well - Aiguille du DIABLE and evil - Mont Maudit.

No limit to the objective dangers, and that's not even worrying about punch-ups with French guides.
Ken_Chamonix 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

The t is silent and the l's are pronounced as in "valley".
OP jon 13 Aug 2014
In reply to MG:

No, Streeb-Greebling. You're thinking of Greeb-Streebling. The "T" is silent, as in "fox". Good evening.

Peter Cook.
 MG 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

Got it. Thanks.
Ken_Chamonix 13 Aug 2014
In reply to Simon4:

Personally, no problems with guides but various issues with Spanish climbers...
 pneame 13 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

youtube.com/watch?v=JhS35f015SQ&

Brilliant - I'll bet he didn't try and teach children to fly underwater. Very responsible chap.
OP jon 13 Aug 2014
In reply to pneame:

This is the one I had in mind: youtube.com/watch?v=7fY-M41FGzI&
 pneame 14 Aug 2014
In reply to jon:

Genius. I love the way Dudley Moore can barely keep a straight face
cariva 14 Aug 2014
In reply to Simon4:

> (In reply to MG)
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> ..... Or Crocktopusses?

Well,it was exactly that kind of animal that prevent me from reaching some of my goals late July (apart from the crappy weather)...what a shame...
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