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Lockdown escapism - first descent off Mt Blanc
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Seems to me that there are 2 categories of first descent:
1. lines that are in plain sight but no-one has been insane enough to try before
2. lines that are not in plain sight so you either need to know an area super-well, or go somewhere that not many people have skied before
This is definitely in the first category:
https://www.planetmountain.com/it/notizie/neve-sci-alpinismo/monte-bianco-edmond-joyeusaz-scende-con-gli-sci-versante-della-brenva.html
(doesn't seem to be an English version so you'll need to go through google translate if your Italian isn't up to it)
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It is 1500 very dangerous meters in altitude up to the foot of the Pilier d'Angle, with slopes from 50 ° to 65 ° and three initials rappelling.
"I arrived by helicopter up to Col della Brenva. This was also because because of the lockdown I lacked the training needed to climb from the bottom and then face, with the necessary physical and mental lucidity, a demanding descent like that of Poire. " Edmond Joyeusaz told us. From there the adventure began: "From Col de la Brenva I went to the top and then I started to ski down towards the Mont Blanc de Courmayeur to reach the Poire line."And here is the great descent or rather the terrible and fascinating abyss to go on skis: an almost incredible thing for those who know the wild Brenva and in particular that stretch characterized by the great and scary swelling of the Poire.
Looks like the skier was born in 1958 - old enough to know better!
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It is 1500 very dangerous meters in altitude up to the foot of the Pilier d'Angle, with slopes from 50 ° to 65 ° and three initials rappelling.
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