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looks French
Patrick Vallancant? Has the right beard.
Maybe he's been in jail?Quote:
Originally Posted by L82thegate
Vallencant, Verbier.
Bingo!Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Meh. Looks kinda flat for Vallencant.
I figured this was the right place to ask! I had never heard of him before.
His motto was: "si tu tombes, tu meurs", translated as "you fall, you die"
He died on March 28, 1989, in a non-skiing related climbing accident as a result of a broken carabiner, while abseiling from the top of La Beaume Rouge, in France.
if you're going to have a motto, it's best to live and die by that motto.
Didn't Paul Ruff say "Dying ain't much of a living" --- and then came up short...... and died.
Why, yes, Ruff said that.
He was doing a Clint Eastwood impression for a ski film but ironically a year later he fulfilled that statement.
It reminds me of the old saying, "Careful what you ask for".
Something that is near the core of my situational awareness.
Broken carabiner...... i hate hearing sh*t like that. Makes me second guess my chosen recreational pursuits. We place a lot of faith in those things. I guess that’s why the notion of redundancy is so key in vmountaineering systems.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales talking to a bounty hunter near the end of the film.Quote:
Originally Posted by SB