Comments on: Mike Marolt comments on Everest North Side Skiing http://www.wildsnow.com/264/mike-marolt-on-everest-north-side-skiing/ Backcountry Skiing Snowboard Telemark Snowsports Information News Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:10:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Clyde http://www.wildsnow.com/264/mike-marolt-on-everest-north-side-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 Clyde Fri, 19 May 2006 17:54:45 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=264#comment-1470 Siffredi died the next year trying to snowboard the Horbein Couloir. According to Tomas's partner, it was the hardest skiing they ever encountered anywhere. Tomas broke a ski almost at the top and they were unable to repair it. Sounds like he may have been rapping off a bollard that gave way (but the translation may not be accurate) when he was 30 feet from the bottom of the rock band. Siffredi died the next year trying to snowboard the Horbein Couloir.

According to Tomas’s partner, it was the hardest skiing they ever encountered anywhere. Tomas broke a ski almost at the top and they were unable to repair it. Sounds like he may have been rapping off a bollard that gave way (but the translation may not be accurate) when he was 30 feet from the bottom of the rock band.

]]> By: Mark Worley http://www.wildsnow.com/264/mike-marolt-on-everest-north-side-skiing/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 Mark Worley Fri, 19 May 2006 15:57:08 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=264#comment-1468 Did not Marco Siffredi disappear on a North side route on Everest as well? Did not Marco Siffredi disappear on a North side route on Everest as well?

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