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NEWS: Bullock and Houseman free Grand West Couloir

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 UKC News 02 Jun 2009
[Nick Bullock, 4 kb]Nick Bullock and Andy Houseman have made a rare repeat of the 1975 Gabarrou/Picard-Deyme Grand West Couloir on the West Face of the Aiguille du Plan (3,673m) above Chamonix.
After a snowy winter, the pair found the c700m route in very icy conditions and completed it in just nine hours: early...

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 TonyM 02 Jun 2009
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Lest anyone think this happened yesterday and is an indicator of current Chamonix conditions, I think this is an ascent from early April?
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