Well, some of you may have known him. Those that have ever visited Chamonix, or have skiied there, probablly looked up and saw tracks down "the unskiable".
Some of you may have personally known him.
He was known as Scottish Paul.
Sorry to break the news, but one of the best ski mountaineers EVER passed away a few days ago.
Paul Mcleod was parasailing off of the Augille du Midi, when the winds changed on him. He was tandoming with Pete. Both perished. They were about to do a B.A.S.E style jump, where one person releases from the tandom to free fall, then deploying his own shoot.
RIP boyz, see you on the other side
Results 1 to 9 of 9
Thread: Sad news about the highlander
-
10-06-2003, 02:13 PM #1
Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- everywhere
- Posts
- 119
Sad news about the highlander
-
10-06-2003, 02:16 PM #2
What shoe wand?
- Join Date
- Jan 2003
- Location
- CO
- Posts
- 57
Wow.
I did not know him, but I am sorry to hear that.
RIP
-
10-06-2003, 02:19 PM #3
glocal
- Join Date
- May 2002
- Posts
- 33,437
Re: Sad news about the highlander
Right on, sluffhunter. Tom and I got word the day it happened from Phil Ingle. We rode the tram with Paul last year when we got the Rond with eight feet of pow after the big storm. He railed the Cosmiques in about 15 turns when no one dared consider it because it was so fresh and likely to slide. He caught Natty, Sherpa and Phil on the traverse to midstation and they had started an hour and a half ahead of us. Paul was an absolutely amazing skier and a helluva nice guy. God bless him.
-
10-06-2003, 02:22 PM #4
Voodoo Child
- Join Date
- May 2002
- Location
- right behind you!
- Posts
- 5,203
Condolences to his friends and family.
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showt...highlight=oops
-
10-07-2003, 08:43 AM #5
Steep Geek
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- Briancon, France
- Posts
- 177
I put up a small tribute to Paul here http://www.philingle.com/paulmcleod.asp
I'm really going to miss him.
http://www.philingle.com/images/paul_1_s.JPG
-
10-07-2003, 08:55 AM #6
yelgatgab
- Join Date
- Oct 2002
- Location
- Shadynasty's Jazz Club
- Posts
- 10,330
Terrible news. Best wishes to his friends and family.
-
10-07-2003, 08:59 AM #7
*NOT* an expert
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- 9,300ft
- Posts
- 23,148
Didn't know him but sad news none-the-less... I'll think about him on my first run this winter.
Originally Posted by blurred
-
10-07-2003, 09:01 AM #8
Funky But Chic
- Join Date
- Sep 2001
- Location
- The Cone of Uncertainty
- Posts
- 49,302
I read about that. What a messed-up way to go.
Condolences to all who knew either of them.
-
10-07-2003, 09:13 AM #9
have not
- Join Date
- Oct 2003
- Location
- the tinfoil aisle
- Posts
- 1,556
damn. shared a few trams on some sick days with him a couple years back. seemed like a genuine nice guy. i've got some helmet cam footy of his group and ours leapfrogging down the grand envers one day after a big storm. i'll be watching it tonight. my deepest sympathies to everyone that knew him well.
Bookmarks