Busy day for Chamonix mountain rescue.
Friday 24th June and its been a busy one for the Chamonix mountain rescue (PGHM). Â Firstly and most serious was at 10.45am with a call out to the “Grand Couloir” on the standard Gouter route up MT Blanc. Â An Austrian climber had fallen 300 – 400 meters to his death. Â Unable to say why its […]
Geneva airport transfers
With the summer about to start getting into full swing here in the alps and our bookings starting to fill up again i felt a quick reminder of our services was needed. Firstly i would like to introduce the latest addition to our fleet, a new Mercedes ML “Blue Efficiency”. Â this vehicle is ideal for […]
World cup Climbing Championships 2011
This years world cup climbing championships are taking place on the 11th – 13th July and are, as usual, taking place in Chamonix. Â This iphoto was taken yesterday (20th June) to show how early they need to start the construction of the overhanging wall.
Light plane lands on Geneva autoroute!
Recent reports on French news channel TF1 explained how a small “Sesna” airplane needed to make an emergency landing on the Autoroute between Macon and Geneva. Â It land without problems on a road that has many tunnels, over head pylons and bridges.
PGHM open day Chamonix
The weather might not be looking good but the Chamonix PGHM will be opening its door tomorrow (18th June) to the general public. Other than simply showing people around the building and explaining what they do on a daily basis, there will most likely be some demonstration flights too. Â It will be taking place at […]
Video footage from UNDER a glacier!
Very interesting video that shows the speed a glacier can actually be moving at, footage is from Mont Blanc.
British climber dies in the Mont Blanc Massif
The exact details are still slightly unclear, however, two British climbers on the Frendo Spur got stuck Wednesday and spent the night out. On Thursday morning when the rescue services were able to get to them one of the climbers had fallen 400m to their death. Source Mont Blanc Radio
Guerlain Chicherit tears apart Tignes
Guerlain Chicherit goes nuts in Tignes with his Mini 4×4. Guerlain is also a pro skier who drives like he skis. www.deluxe-transfers.com
Aiguille du Chardonnet fatal fall
On Saturday 4th June a 30 year old German climber was killed whilst coming down the Aiguille du Chardonet, he was caught in a 200 meter snow slide according to reports. His 46 year old climbing partner was uninjured.
Clint Eastwood’s film “Hereafter” stars Deluxe Transfers driver!
Clint Eastwood latest movie is due to be shown in Chamonix’s Cinema Vox from Feb 9th. What is extra interesting about this film is that some scenes were filmed here in Chamonix, more exactly “Le Planet” and and some scenes going over the “Col du Montets”. The Chauffeur of the Black BMW “5 series” in […]
