Thursday, 11 June 2020

video: Down from the Mont Blanc in ski along the serac of the Poire, the enterprise of Edmond Joyeusaz







An extraordinary feat on the Brenva side of Mont Blanc. Completed a few weeks after the end of the lockdown. The mountain guide of Courmayeur Edmond Joyeusaz, born in 1958, extreme skier, made the ski descent of the serac of Poire. Last May 25 on the top of the White the temperature was around -15 i. The wind snow. La Poire is a rocky spur that is located just below the top of Mont Blanc and has the unmistakable shape of a pear. On the side of the Brenva are challenging the strongest mountaineers. Edmond decided to ski the seracco of Poire retracing the route opened in 1979 by the Piedmontese Gianni Comino and Giancarlo Grassi. Its route from the top of Mont Blanc descending to Mont Blanc de Courmayeur then evolves almost vertically between the Poire and the steep cliffs of the nearby Aiguille Blanche up to the glacier of Brenva for 1500 meters of altitude with gradients between 55 and 60 degrees. " Something exceptional, due to technical difficulties, exposure to dangers and overall height difference", said the historic mountain guide Renzino Cosson. In a video, also made with the help of drones, you can now admire the most exciting steps of this enterprise to the extent of possible









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