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Title: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Tre on May 29, 2009, 03:39:14 PM

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CHAMONIX, France -- Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31.

Ruby was roped to other climbers when she and some members of the group fell into a deep crack in the glacier on the way down the mountain, Chamonix police official Laurent Sayssac said.

A 38-year-old man from the Paris region also died in the fall, and a 27-year-old man was evacuated by helicopter with serious injuries and hospitalized, Sayssac added.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called Ruby an "exceptional sportswoman."

"Karine incarnated the emergence of snowboarding in France," Fillon said in a statement. "The people of France will hold on to the memory of her talent and her joie de vivre."

Ruby won a gold medal in the giant slalom at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and a silver in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.

She was a six-time world champion with 65 snowboard World Cup victories.

She retired after the 2006 Turin Olympics, where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the snowboardcross event.

Ruby had since been working toward becoming a mountain guide and was expected to finish her training in the coming weeks.
 
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: The Showstoppa on May 29, 2009, 03:48:12 PM
Dumbasses.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Andy Griffin on May 29, 2009, 04:05:37 PM
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0529/oly_g_ruby1_sw_200.jpg)

CHAMONIX, France -- Karine Ruby, a former Olympic snowboarding champion who had been training to become a mountain guide, died Friday in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc. She was 31.

Ruby was roped to other climbers when she and some members of the group fell into a deep crack in the glacier on the way down the mountain, Chamonix police official Laurent Sayssac said.

A 38-year-old man from the Paris region also died in the fall, and a 27-year-old man was evacuated by helicopter with serious injuries and hospitalized, Sayssac added.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon called Ruby an "exceptional sportswoman."

"Karine incarnated the emergence of snowboarding in France," Fillon said in a statement. "The people of France will hold on to the memory of her talent and her joie de vivre."

Ruby won a gold medal in the giant slalom at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and a silver in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.

She was a six-time world champion with 65 snowboard World Cup victories.

She retired after the 2006 Turin Olympics, where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the snowboardcross event.

Ruby had since been working toward becoming a mountain guide and was expected to finish her training in the coming weeks.
 

In human terms, a sad loss.  Only 31. 

In GetBig terms...brutal self pwnage, she won't recover.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: polychronopolous on May 29, 2009, 04:06:52 PM
What was her nickname on here? I'll tell you if i've heard of her.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Tre on May 29, 2009, 04:22:34 PM
In GetBig terms...brutal self pwnage, she won't recover.

LOL!

Wasn't the cutest thing, but I love little climber chicks.  What sucks is that her fortune was in someone else's hands.  I know that's the way that climbing thing works in many spots, but I'd rather take my chances NOT being clipped to some other dumbass twink with clumsy feet and no grip strength. 
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Andy Griffin on May 29, 2009, 04:28:20 PM
LOL!

Wasn't the cutest thing, but I love little climber chicks.  What sucks is that her fortune was in someone else's hands.  I know that's the way that climbing thing works in many spots, but I'd rather take my chances NOT being clipped to some other dumbass twink with clumsy feet and no grip strength. 

I prefer to remain on the ground myself.  If I want an "extreme" sport, I'll crank the treadmill up to 4.2 mph. 
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: ManBearPig... on May 29, 2009, 04:58:07 PM
oh thank god, i thought she was american.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Army of One on May 29, 2009, 04:59:22 PM
She looks like one of the hookers Sev has been picking up recently.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Migs on May 29, 2009, 05:11:28 PM
good thing she didn't become a guide.  That would be the worst sight seeing trip ever.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Andy Griffin on May 29, 2009, 05:14:39 PM
good thing she didn't become a guide.  That would be the worst sight seeing trip ever.

Especially since company policy stipulates "no refunds"
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Migs on May 29, 2009, 05:20:26 PM
i'd be pissed.  Then haunt the company.  fuckers. 
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Jizzacked on May 29, 2009, 05:22:53 PM
serves her right for wearing that gay ass hat
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on May 29, 2009, 05:32:01 PM
thats why you dont go climbing up fucking sheer cliff walls and mountain sides.
Title: Re: French Olympic medalist killed at 31 - was she a GetBigger??
Post by: Sam on May 30, 2009, 01:53:36 AM
thats why you dont go climbing up fucking sheer cliff walls and mountain sides.

Hey, She died for you guys