Postscrpit to my 50 foot plus Cliff Drop Serre Chevalier

A snowHead

As some of you know towards the end of the season I had a little tumble going off a cliff off piste in Serre Chevlaier - I was very very lucky to just come away with some severe bruising and a few ripped ligaments etc

See thread here.

At the time I lost one of my Scott Missions but I was none too bothered just happy to eventually make it off the Mountain in one piece.

There was always an outside chance that I might get the ski back. Where I fell was in a quite a remote place, and my mate, a Guide in La Grave descibed it as "no man's land" so no one was ever going to come across it unless they were on a Mission to find it.

A few of the original photos I posted never actually showed how steep the terrain was where I landed but was with some friends at the weekend who were with me, and they had this one of my mate skinning up to me, plus at the time whilst Bing skiing up his girlfriend took a
rather amusing video

So in the summer my mate was going out for his usual week or summer climbing with Per the Guide. In advance of this I did send both of them a few pics detailing as to where it was I thought I'd lost the ski - basically the end of the red - dashes Roche Peyron

Luckily for me the weather was crap for climbing, wet n'cold so they decided to go on a mission to try and find the ski. It's a fair hike from Monetier and once they were in the rough area Jes said Per took one look at the terrain and a few of the cliffs remembering as only a Guide can the photos and maps I'd sent plus where would a stupid Brit go and with that he hiked over to the exact spot and found the ski!

The ski was in good condition and having given it a good service you can't tell which one was the lost ski.

Over the years Per has heard of many unfortunate accidents and the like, plus a fair few tall stories as to what people percieved they went over, in this instance he said this was one rare example where the height initially thought was less than the actual!

A snowHead

Thats a fine tale! Could be wrong but it looks like you were only a metre or so to the right of your ski(assuming you're the one in red in the first pic, and your friend photographed the ski where it was found).

May I suggest quietly overdubbing your story with "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb