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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started 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.
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Dumbasses.
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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.
In human terms, a sad loss. Only 31.
In GetBig terms...brutal self pwnage, she won't recover.
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What was her nickname on here? I'll tell you if i've heard of her.
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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.
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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.
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oh thank god, i thought she was american.
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She looks like one of the hookers Sev has been picking up recently.
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good thing she didn't become a guide. That would be the worst sight seeing trip ever.
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good thing she didn't become a guide. That would be the worst sight seeing trip ever.
Especially since company policy stipulates "no refunds"
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i'd be pissed. Then haunt the company. fuckers.
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serves her right for wearing that gay ass hat
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thats why you dont go climbing up fucking sheer cliff walls and mountain sides.
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thats why you dont go climbing up fucking sheer cliff walls and mountain sides.
Hey, She died for you guys