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Olizanne Ski Guide Author Manu Cabau killed by avalanche
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I'll just mention this as many snowheads have bought the Olizanne (white book) ski touring guides covering the Savoie, Isere, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes du Sud. Their author Emmanuel "Manu" Cabau was killed last Thursday in an avalanche in Italy. He was ski touring alone. Married since 1991 and father to an 8 year old his wife paid tribute to him and to the humanity and professionalism of the Italian rescue services.
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"Manu had lived 3 or 4 lives in one, always climbing mountains, it was his passion, mine too but I'd stopped ski touring when our son was born. It is his eighth birthday this week. In 23 years of marriage we'd done a lot of "vertical" together. He shared his passion and I experience incredible things with him. He had a wide knowledge of the mountains, a sensible approach to weather, a passion for maps, a sound knowledge of the snow-pack forged over nearly 25 years on the ground. But despite of all that he was caught out...
In his first ski touring guide Manu quoted Sir Arnold Lunn(1888-1974), an important pioneer of ski touring "It is a real shame to hike to a summit that you could reach on skis"
http://pistehors.com/emmanuel-cabau-killed-by-avalanche-in-valtournenche-23198020.htm
Italian high mountain guide Simona Hosquet was killed on the same day as Emmanuel in a separate incident 1km away.
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very sad indeed; I hope his wife and son will be well provided for.
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Maybe it's me but I find it surprising that such experienced skiers are getting caught after all the discussions about this years snowpack. Am I being harsh? I know anyone can get caught out. There but for the grace of god and all that....
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Layne wrote:
Maybe it's me but I find it surprising that such experienced skiers are getting caught after all the discussions about this years snowpack. Am I being harsh? I know anyone can get caught out. There but for the grace of god and all that....
Good question, one to spin into another thread I think:
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=2477997#2477997
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