Ocean11 0 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Yes, strange indeed. Mont Blanc -> monburan -> Ran Monbu Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Did not know that one either. Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 just revisiting this thread, I met up with a riding mate recently and it turns out the guy that died in the tateyama slide used to be his boss. he talked to the surviving members afterwards (he wasn't there at the time) and said that they were skinning up in poor visibility conditions when the slide caught them all from above. later when visibility improved, there was a skier's line at the top of the slide. they are not sure 100% if that was the cause, but it doesn't look good. Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 That's interesting Montoya. I remember reading somewhere that those guys had ventured on a cornice in very bad vis and that the said cornice broke and took them down. That sucks if a skier cut the slope above them. I would rather be caught in a slide because of my personal failure to assess risks properly than because of a third party's recklessness. Link to post Share on other sites
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