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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Sep 30, 2014 - 10:06pm PT
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What a shame.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Sep 30, 2014 - 10:07pm PT
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Yeah, that's sad news. RIP.
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nah000
climber
canuckistan
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Sep 30, 2014 - 10:52pm PT
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fransson's first descent of the south face of denali [skip through to 7:05 for the start of the descent]:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
r.i.p. rippers.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Condolences to those that were close to them. I am sad to see a few good friends rocked by this one.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, todd and all...
so very sad to hear this... i rarely get 'rough' when i speak, but i really
hate avalanches, as i know we all do... :(
my condolences, to both families and friends, of each of these two
special folks... :(
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Port
Trad climber
San Diego
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Don't even know what to say. The game we play can be so damn tragic. At least we got to experience these special people.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Damn...Very sorry to hear this. So many of the best are gone.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Interesting quote from Fransson: "Society has an absurd general belief that life is about hanging on as long as possible. So people [are] often hanging on for the sake of hanging on and not for really living. ."
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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This is a view of San Lorenzo from the ridge behind our house in Chile. I have been following the weather and they have been having a BIG winter with lots of snow.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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The great ones sometimes leave because they are trying for great things.
Sad to read.
R.I.P.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Such sad news. Loss of best of the best when it comes to steep skiing....
Bruce, there's a good article on the south face of Denali descent... here's what he says about the routefinding:
http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/6800684/andreas-fransson-skis-south-face-denali
"You can't see where you are going," Fransson says, "but I was lucky because when we went in on our reconnaissance trip, I took a photo. So I brought that up on the camera, zoomed in and found a way through. And there was only one way, actually, that worked on the whole thing."
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Surely that must rank as one of the boldest technical descents to date
Nothing in Europe or the Americas compares to it except maybe St Elias which was not as technical but more remote at very high level skiing. There are more epic descents to be done in the Himalaya though it's hard to compare to Denali .. S.F. is more continuously technical than anything done in the Himalaya but the altitude does play a part in that.
For years many folks including myself coveted the south face descent. It was doable.. but you had to be both very good and lucky with conditions. Also willing to ski much or all of it sight unseen as climbing the route was probably more dangerous than just skiing it.
I was very happy and a bit jealous to hear it was done.. very impressed with the line Franscon chose also.
R.I.P.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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What a sad deal, RIP youth.....safe passage to all who live life fully in such great places doing what we do......Berg Heil to all ST.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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my friend Liz also passed during that avy cycled. i'm overwhelmed with sadness, and grief. its another reminder to be safe, and to always live life to the fullest.
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nah000
climber
canuckistan
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the world definitely lost three trailblazers...
here's a beautiful episode regarding fransson's solo first descent of the whillans ramp on poincenot in the fitz roy massive...
what a monster.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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