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This is me, the trip leader and
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Here's a great
story: Henry and
John were skiing and stopped to shot some scenery. They noticed
these girls, so snuck a few shots of them. Then they got brave and
asked them to pose. Finally, John asked to be in the picture with
them. He promised that he would make them famous in America! |
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One day, four of us (Al, Henry, Phil & Yukio) set up a custom ski trip. We hired an instructor to take us off-piste (out-of-bounds) skiing and, while he was at it, give us a lesson. While we were skiing through the glacier field, we came across this. Actually, we were on top of it, and couldn't really see it. |
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| The top was ice. Phil was right on the edge, not seeing the crevasse that you see from this angle. Our guide freaked! He ran up to help Phil, but he just calmly took off and skied around it. Afterwards, he looked backed and saw this. The picture really doesn't do it justice, the portion of the cliff that you can see is about 20 feet deep. But when you go up to it and look down, you can't see the bottom. | |
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Dan had a great day on the Vallée Blanche, check it out! |
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Dan's ready to go! Augille de Midi 14.5 miles, 9500 vertical feet from top to bottom. |
The hard was down! Steep avalanche chute to glacier below. Check out tiny skiers at bottom. |
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| Auguille de
Midi overlooking Mt Blanc.
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Mt Blanc and glaciers from Le Brevant. | 'Le Refuge', mountain hut is on the edge of the Mer de Glace tired skiers can get a bowl of soup and a glass of wine. | Dan with guide group at bottom of Mer de Glace. |
The following set of photos where submitted by Mark & Henry. When they say it's them skiing, you just have to take their word for it.
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| Posing for the camera | This sensor will enable the rescuers to find Henry's body! | Getting ready for the Glacier run! | Going down... three views. Each view gets you closer to the skier. |
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| Henry...powder! | Mark...bumps! | Mark...powder! | Henry & Mark! So then who has the camera? |