’Dédé Rhem killed

[Idris]

Extreme Snowboard Pioneer Killed on Mont Blanc

http://www.pistehors.com/comments/285_0_1_0_C/

Yet another of the great pioners is taken from us

[bagtagley]

Damn shame. RIP.

[iceman]

That's sad.

Man, look at the headlines on the left on that page, I wonder what the timeframe for all of those is.

[cc]

What's the steepness here?



http://www.skirando.com/images/news/2004/dede-20apr.jpg

[Idris]

Very......more than enough to keep me away...at least for the time being, don't think even flingle has his eye on that one

[grrrr]

Condolences to friends, family and the snowboarding community.

[bad_roo]

Originally posted by cc
What's the steepness here?



http://www.skirando.com/images/news/2004/dede-20apr.jpg

Que diriez-vous si je vous disais que j'ai skié une pente de 65
degrés ? Puits je le dis.

Cheap gags aside, RIP Dede. Way too many avalanchre deaths this season in the Alps.

[breez]

major loss - just when it seemed the envelope couldn't be pushed any further, he, Ruby and others moved it to a whole 'nother level. Very sad.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

RIP.


Found this interesting older article while searching around.
http://snowboard.mountainzone.com/20...html/text.html

[Dexter Rutecki]

Originally posted by bad_roo
Que diriez-vous si je vous disais que j'ai skié une pente de 65
degrés ? Puits je le dis.

Le meme que M. Striker a dit.

[Mulletizer]

RIP.

[Platinum Pete]

Mark Twight, super extremo climber and one time Cham resident, wrote an article called Chamonix: Over the Top or Under the Ground. He talks about why Cham is the laboratory for pushing limits in alpinism, skiing, parapenting, etc. He also talks about how many grave stones in the cemetary are young men and women who moved their sports forward or died trying. He left with a sour taste for the place.
I have spen a little time in Chamonix and I agree that there is a special energy there, and a very competetive attitude in the air. I don't have the hard feelings that Twight does. I always think of that article when I hear about a pioneer dying young in tthe Mt. Blanc region.
Anyways, it sad that Dede didn't live to be old, fat, and complacent. In my experience, Chamonix is not the place to be if you want that to happen.

[Hicks]

Very sad!

[ulty_guy]

r.i.p.

the image of the triolet decent has always been one of my favorites. it's a muther biatch just to climb that thing, much less ride it.

[Big E]

Too bad RIP

[LumberJackJibbr]

truely a sad loss....i am still enamored with the pitch of that face.

[davidof]

Originally posted by iceman
That's sad.

Man, look at the headlines on the left on that page, I wonder what the timeframe for all of those is.

They are 'related articles', this page with French Avalanche Statistics gives you an idea of the time frame.