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2 Heliskiers Including Guide Killed After Falling 1,000-Feet Down Couloir in Mont Blanc Massif, Switzerland

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Two heliskiers including a guide have died in a fall while descending a couloir on the Swiss side of the Mont Blanc Massif above Orsières. The accident happened at 10.45am on Tuesday. The group of five ski tourers was dropped by helicopter on the Trient plateau, one of the areas authorized for heliskiing in the Valais canton, where they then skinned […]

SnowBrains | April 11, 2019
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Social Media Star “Bikini Hiker” Died of Hypothermia After Falling Down a Ravine

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A social media star known as the “Bikini Hiker”, famous for her bikini-clad mountaintop photos, froze to death after falling down a 65-foot ravine earlier this week, reports Vice. Gigi Wu, a 36-year-old Taiwanese woman, died this week when hiking the Batongguan Historic Trail in Yushan National Park in Taiwan. During her hike, Wu fell down the ravine and survived […]

SnowBrains | January 24, 2019
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