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Accident on Bunny Buckets on Sunday 12-Jun-2013 At 10:10:30 AM trog
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>There are long ring-bolted routes all over the Alps. Maybe given the history
>some people are more aware and respectful of the conditions up there. But
>given the ubiquitous mountain rescue services I'm sure (have seen) people
>get blasé about 'having a go.'

Definitely the case that people are blasé in parts of the Alps... Around Chamonix heli-rescue is (or at least was a couple of years back) free on the french side. So lots of people push pretty hard, then call the taxi if they get into trouble. People heading there for a week's worth of holiday want to tick their 6 routes or Blanc or whatever - weather, conditions and acclimatisation be damned. We saw a few cases of this end in resuce. Another example was in winter - we heard it was common for local guides to take almost anyone down the Vallee Blanche, then abandon their ski clients halfway down at the Requin hut if they were going too slow. Call the chopper, then ski out to catch the last train.

Try it elsewhere in the Alps and you can easily end up with a 5000 euro bill though...


Don't think a broken ankle from a lead fall can be compared to those sorts of circuses. Hope the ankle is healing

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