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Very Sad news to hear. Jean Michel Delavay, of Delavay Sports Les Gets was sadly taken from us on Tuesday in an Avalanche. JM knew Les gets like no other, is a great skier and instructor and despite the dangerous conditions Tuesday, we feel that he would not have been acting recklessley nor neglegently. He was a a great chatacheter and rare in his adoration of the British. One of the funniest people i knew, razorsharp wit and had shown to me that life in France with the Frenchies wasn't always to be difficult and frustrating.
Thoughts with the family and his close friends. XX
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 26-01-09 10:53; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hear hear. Grande dommage.
RIP
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Super wierd morning, i get this news, then by chance the pisteur that uncovered JM came by the shop. Seems his ski buddy was partially covered, dug himself out and climbed up the hill to get a better view of where JM may have been, unfortunatetly by doing so triggering a second slide leaving it near impossible to find a start point for a search, all by which time a good 20mins had past. A sad tale. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, yes very sad, we spoke of this on snow report thread last week.
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very sad.
not wanting to be provoactive in any way but I genuinely dont understand why someone with so mcuh experience would ignore the warning to "not ski off piste" during a level 4 ? surely his training and experience should tell him he is playing "russian roulette" ?
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backhojo, I believe JM had as much experience of the conditions and the mountains as anyone deciding the Avalanche risk. Avalanche risks are carefully calculated, however they are there to serve the lowest common denominator with regards to experience, JM did not fall into this category.
Lou,  I am happier (if at all) i found out the way i did than reading it on the forum. XX
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Ok - i see. thanks
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It is never good to loose people in the mountains but that is the nature of the beast I am sure someone with so much experience would have taken every precaution. RIP
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I have just returned from Les Gets. I was taking private snowboarding lessons with Jean Marc who is a ESF instructor and also a very good friend of Jean Michel. Jean Marc was one of 10 who went to retrieve the body, and the actual person to find the body. They tried resus for 45 minutes. On thursday eve around 6pm the ESF instructors had an informal tribute for Jean Michele. They descended a black run on Mont Cherry with a flame torch in hand. They then went to the family home of JML for a few moments to pay their silent respects while the family remained on the balcony. It was the most beautiful tribute I have ever witnessed in my entire life. The funeral was on friday at the church in Les Gets, it was so full that it was over flowing. It rained the entire day.
This was my first visit to Les Gets but as sad as it was, it was so nice to see what a real genuine community is like. There was not a person in town that was not devastated buy the news. I will surly return and have more lessons with Jean Marc and eventually learn to snowboard! xx
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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condolences to his family and friends.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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leena_19, thank you for sharing your first hand experience and welcome to snowHeads.
SMALLZOOKEEPER, finding out about a friend's death that is public in this way, after the fact, can be quite disconcerting, shocking even (something similar happened to me a couple of weeks ago and I went into shock for over 24 hours and had to take time off work). You might not be having such a strong reaction as I did but at the very least I hope you have someone good to talk to and don't be surprised if you're a bit quiet for a few days. Tempting though it might be to stay alone, try to get out if you can.
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leena_19, welcome to Snowheads. An impressive and very sad first post.
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