 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Rick Marchant, the guide i hires on my recent Chamonix trip, was thinking about having a pop at that. totally nutz - i'd be done in on the run up to Argenitiere!
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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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Arno, my mates once had to do it downhill after getting of a climb too late and missing the train, took them ages and they managed to hitch from half way.
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That's pretty nuts. Fastest i've heard of was a friend of mine who did it in a little over 2 days from Grands Montets. Apparently he could have made it to zermatt by the end of the second day but conditions were rapidly deteriorating so decided to stay the night in a refuge & finish the following morning. Now i know how fit Euan was so i can't imagine what those guys were like.
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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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What an effort!
The chap who rents our place in Flaine is a bit of a similar record holder.
Twice the winner of the Patrouille de Glacier, bi-annual race Zermatt to Verbier.
He was the first ever winner on Dynafits with a time of 8 hours 45 mins or so.
He is also a Guide.
He was a member of the French Olympic ski team.
He later went on to be the Downhill coach for the French team.
AND he was Chemmy Alcott's first proper coach.
I'd love to see what times these guys who broke the HR record will post in this year's PdG in 10 days time.
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Note that there's a typo near the end - it was 20 hrs 28mins 5 secs not 8hrs 28 etc. . These guys are indeed superhuman, but don't (quite) have wings.
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GrahamN, I'd been wondering about that, it seems to read as if they took over 8 hours for the last km (which while understandable after that effort is clearly not the case).
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