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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Dec 10, 2009 - 07:28pm PT
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Ugh. Makes me both angry and sad to hear this terrible news.
My heart goes out to friends and family and the ice climbing community.
-Brian in SLC
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Dec 10, 2009 - 08:07pm PT
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Oh man. What a sad loss. I loved the old article in CLIMBING several years back. That shot of him tree planting was inspiring.....anybody have access to that? Post it if you do. Seemed like a mellow, focused dude who just loved being on the cold steep stuff.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 10, 2009 - 08:21pm PT
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What a terrible tragedy...With all the risk that he has faced over the years this is truly jarring news.
Sincerest condolences to his family and friends. He was an absolutely awesome and heroic climber. As Bachar was to stone, Guy was to ice. Huge loss...
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Dec 10, 2009 - 08:26pm PT
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Damn. I climbed with him at JTree many years ago and have followed his exploits since then. Great guy, this is a big loss.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 10, 2009 - 08:39pm PT
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Another Master, killed in action. How very very sad.
I never had the opportunity to meet Guy, but certainly wanted to as he was one of our country's finest. [Even if he was from Quebec ;) ]
My condolences to his friends and family. He musta been a hella fine guy. I'm so sorry.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Dec 10, 2009 - 09:43pm PT
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My heart goes out to all those who Loved Guy
Peace
karl
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Dec 10, 2009 - 09:58pm PT
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What a tragedy! It's hard to imagine. Such a humble and outstanding climber and human being gone.
here's a short clip of Guy doing what he loved, and was incredible at:
http://www.alstrinfilms.com/norway.html
Alpinist reports: "Lacelle and climbing partner were in a gully between climbs, about four miles from Grotto Falls, when the slide struck. The snow carried Lacelle down two pitches of waterfall ice.
His climbing partner sustained a minor injury. Two others witnessed the avalanche from safe ground. " (http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web09f/newswire-guy-lacelle-dies);
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2009 - 09:59pm PT
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Story in the latest Bozeman Daily Chronicle edition:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MT_ICE_CLIMBING_DEATH_MTOL-?SITE=MTBOZ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- World-class ice climber Guy Lacelle died Thursday morning in an avalanche during an ice climbing event in southwestern Montana, his sponsor confirmed.
John Irvine, the sports marketing manager for Arc'teryx, said he learned of Lacelle's death from a festival organizer. Arc'teryx makes ice climbing equipment and sponsors Lacelle and is a sponsor of the Bozeman Ice Festival.
Irvine called Lacelle a "fanatical ice climber" and called his death a "huge, huge loss."
"He loves climbing and he loves sharing the sport with other people," Irvine said. "That's what his life was all about."
Irvine said Lacelle was a foreman for a tree planting company in British Columbia during the summer and took the winters off to ice climb.
Gallatin County Search and Rescue responded to the Grotto Falls area of Hyalite Canyon Thursday afternoon to retrieve the body, though Sheriff Jim Cashell would not confirm the climber's name.
Thursday was the first day of the Bozeman Ice Festival at Hyalite. The festival promotes the sport of ice climbing, educates ice climbers about climbing skills and safe climbing techniques, and introduces climbers to cutting edge ice climbing clothing and equipment.
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Decko
Trad climber
Colorado
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Dec 10, 2009 - 10:24pm PT
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Total Bummer.........
Can't wait for this year to end....
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Dec 10, 2009 - 10:57pm PT
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I just saw Guy a couple weeks ago in Red Rocks. He had his 15 y/o dog with him. When I asked him his dogs name, Guy said, "doesn't really matter he/she can't really hear anymore, but a nice pat goes along ways."
What an amazing man, he will be greatly missed
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Dec 10, 2009 - 11:07pm PT
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really sad news here. condolences to this gifted man's family and friends. he and his inspirational exploits will be sorely missed by everyone
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Brian Biega
climber
Truckee, CA
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Dec 10, 2009 - 11:18pm PT
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Horrible news…
Condolences to all of Guy’s friend and family.
Brian
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10b4me
Ice climber
Ice Caves at the Sads
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Dec 11, 2009 - 12:23am PT
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that is a bummer
condolences to his family
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sergio64
Trad climber
Sin City
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Dec 11, 2009 - 02:11am PT
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I want to cry.
Three weeks ago I climbed next to Guy Lacelle in Red Rock. He was on Ragged Edges and I was practicing some jumaring techniques on the route next to it. We stopped to watch him move effortlessly up the route. We briefly talked to him and his friends while belaying each other, then his partners moved to Chicken Eruptus while Guy took a rest. I asked him why he was in RR climbing and he told me he was recovering from a shoulder surgery that he had had two weeks earlier.
And now I read this horrible story. I feel bad, really bad now.
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Haggis
Trad climber
Scotland
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Dec 11, 2009 - 04:08am PT
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hey cruised past us once in the Alps on year with real grace and big smile.
best to his closest.
Rob
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Littleton
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Dec 11, 2009 - 10:33am PT
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I remember when I was an ice climbing noob looking for a mentor, I picked Guy, even though he didn't know it. I had the opportunity to watch him climb several times in Ouray. He climbed with such fluid stregnth and grace. He made me want to be a better climber. I'll think of Guy next time I'm out on the ice. This is very sad news.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Dec 11, 2009 - 11:00am PT
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excerpt from:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Canadian+climber+dies+Montana+avalanche/2329651/story.html
A well-known Canadian ice climber has died in an avalanche in Montana.
Guy Lacelle, a native of Hawkesbury, Ont., who lived in Prince George, B.C., was climbing up a gully in Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman, Mont., Thursday, when the climbers above him hit a batch of wind-drifted snow, according to Mark Staples, an avalanche expert at the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Centre in Bozeman.
"That swept down the gully, and although it was not a very large slide, it swept Guy Lacelle over the ice climb he had just ascended," Staples told Canwest News Service Friday morning.
"He died as a result of trauma."
Lacelle was in Bozeman taking part in the annual Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival.
Jim Oberhofer, the under-sheriff of Gallatin County, said the accident happened while Lacelle was resting in a non-climbing area between two ascents in the contest.
Lacelle was not wearing his safety rope, Oberhofer said.
"He fell 250-300 feet . . . ," Oberhofer said. "He was in that area between the two climbing areas . . . It's not a technical part of the climb. It's just a hiking area between the two areas, and I'm assuming that's why he was not roped off."......
...The slide occurred during the Ice Breaker competition of the festival, which pairs a local climber with a non-local to climb as many routes in the canyon as possible in one day, according to a report in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Local guide Adam Knoff was not injured, it said.....
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Conner
Mountain climber
Donnelly, Idaho
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Dec 11, 2009 - 01:37pm PT
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I am so sad to hear this news.... had a chance to meet Guy at the Ouray Ice Festival in '05. Such a strong yet gentle man. Another tragic loss. What is going on??? Be safe everyone.... death seems to be knocking on far too many doors these last few years.
Connie Self
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