Aug 14 2009 - Chamonix Mountain Guides Party, August 15th 2009

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Chamonix Mountain Guides Party, August 15th 2009
13 Aug 2009: Chamonix/Mountains: High Mountain Guide, a dangerous job
All the accidents that occurred this year makes all the mountain guides companies think about this situation. Eleven mountain guides have died since last November, and the death of Karine Ruby this spring was another tragic event to add to this big list. Another... [read]
12 Aug 2009: In the mountains it must be active!
He has just returned to Europe and already he's thinking about its next summit. Returning from Pakistan where he has just completed the Gasherbrum II, the Swiss mountaineer and Piolet d'Or 2009 Ueli Steck is leaving again next week, with the goal of climbing... [read]
10 Aug 2009: Mountaineering: Ricardo Cassin dies & "Nuit de la Glisse"
Born on 2 January 1909 in the province of Friuli in Italy, the climber died last Thursday in its 101st year. Orphan very young, Ricardo Cassin started work at the age of 13 years, first as a blacksmith, then construction and then as a mechanic. In... [read]
09 Aug 2009: Martigny, Switzerland: Art Exposition "De Courbet à Picasso"
The Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Martigny (Switzerland) is presenting at the moment a great art exposition, "De Courbet à Picasso". This exposition is possible thanks to the collaboration with the biggest museums in the world, mainly Russians and... [read]
08 Aug 2009: MONT-BLANC: Climber plays piano at the top of the Mont Blanc
"Imagine", "Peny lane", "Song for a guy", "Breakfast in America"... Les Beatles, Elton John or Supertramp... This was the list of musics that the mountain guide Philippe Génin, who recently took his piano of 8 pounds to the top of Mont Blanc (4810m)... [read]
08 Aug 2009: MONT-BLANC: Climber plays piano at the top of the Mont Blanc
"Imagine", "Peny lane", "Song for a guy", "Breakfast in America"... Les Beatles, Elton John or Supertramp... This was the list of musics that the mountain guide Philippe Génin, who recently took his piano of 8 pounds to the top of Mont Blanc (4810m)... [read]
08 Aug 2009: MONT-BLANC: Climber plays piano at the top of the Mont Blanc
"Imagine", "Peny lane", "Song for a guy", "Breakfast in America"... Les Beatles, Elton John or Supertramp... This was the list of musics that the mountain guide Philippe Génin, who recently took his piano of 8 pounds to the top of Mont Blanc (4810m)... [read]
08 Aug 2009: MONT-BLANC: Climber plays piano at the top of the Mont Blanc
"Imagine", "Peny lane", "Song for a guy", "Breakfast in America"... Les Beatles, Elton John or Supertramp... This was the list of musics that the mountain guide Philippe Génin, who recently took his piano of 8 pounds to the top of Mont Blanc (4810m)... [read]
07 Aug 2009: Chamonix Summer Dossier: Serpents, these "funny" animals
According with the specialists, it's hard to know if during one summer we'll have a lot of snakes. But one thing is for sure, the weather of the previous year is very determinant on this. If the spring of the year before was early, if the vegetation... [read]
06 Aug 2009: Dossier Chamonix: Mountain Rescue PGHM
MONTAGNE: The 2008 accident in France 3 405 people were evacuated last summer in the French mountains (June to September), a figure below the average of the previous ten years. 113 people have died, 7 are missing. Last year it was the trekking... [read]