Grand Couloir Mont Blanc - Near accident

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Author: Øystein Tveit

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This guy was trying to cross the Grand Couloir with a much to short sling attached to a crossing wire, causing him to be pulled up and finally slip. Luckily for him there came no rocks or ice blocks down the couloir while he was hanging there, and his friend managed to go out and attach a rope to his harness and we pulled him back in. He turned around and went down...

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Norge!
в чем проблема? )
Зис гай баклан)
Wow
Good to hear that he survived
That is very good :-) In the mountain everyone should help each other as best as possible
We did help him. I only filmed while he tried to manage himself. We sent one guy out to him with a rope and towed him back to safety.
Allways interesting to see people fotographing instead of helping.
Yes he survived, but turned and went back down to Chamonix.
excuse me guys... may i ask 1 question? did he survived?? if yes --> grats!! he must be the most juiced man ever crossed grand couloir.. if no --> nominate for darwin award
quien iba con el otros expertos
Oui
@pyramidcapitol He was russian..;)
Et bien sur un russe, ha-ha, il faut d'abord s'entrainer au Caucase...Il a fini la cours?
@Leutwein at the Grand Couloir is an image, how to cross it (we took it solo, without ropes and slings) but you have to have rope about 5 meters and go with your climbing partner, just with rope joined by HMS to steel rope.
Cue rockfall.
@oysteintveit c'mon guys.. its only 20-30 meters of passage .. you dont need a roap at all. this guy had an ice axe and probably cramps. its completely enough to pass trought. for safety he could tie one end of rope to himself
@erikkire94 Ok. Jeg har tatt brekurs og vært på en del breturer etter det, i tillegg til at jeg har vært mye i fjellet, og er i generelt god form. Bør en 17-åring klare denne turen, eller krever den lengre erfaring fra fjellet? Ble høydesyke et problem for dere?
@erikkire94 Ingen guide. Turen er ikke veldig farlig, men alt er jo relativt. Det hender jo at det dør folk der, men denne ruta er ikke den mest utsatte. Bør ha gått på bre og i tau før. Selv om det er sommer og varmt nede i Chamonix kan det bli som en kall norsk vinterstorm på toppen.