G-spotter Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 http://supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1032804&tn=0 What a sad day. Guy was the Ice Master. No one else was close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) Great loss for his family and world's climbing community. He was from Ontario but picked Northern BC to be his home. Extraordinary talented ice climber. :-( Edited December 11, 2009 by Zoran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hafilax Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 As I mentioned in the ST thread I crossed paths with him tree planting. An amazing person and a sad loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdietsch Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 ... the Ice Master. No one else was close. well said ... this really blows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I'm not familiar with the Grotto Wall or Hyalite Canyon so can't understand how this could have happened during a comp. Maybe John Frieh, who's been there a bunch, could help us understand how the comp was in harm's way from an avalanche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 It's a comp where you run around the area and try and climb as many routes as possible. News report says Lacelle was caught in an avalanche while traversing between two routes. His partner was at the edge of the slide and was slightly injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robpatterson5 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Wow, a real personal inspiration, one of the nicest guys, a living legend - my best wishes are with his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Will Gadd: Guy Lacelle died in an avalanche today in Bozeman. He was a good man. We were going to Japan together this winter, I'm really sorry we won't get to do that trip 'cause it would have been fun. So many Guy memories, but most of all he was a good human I was proud to know and climb with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_e Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Huge loss, a truly gifted ice climber. I just checked some of his ice solos, like Fearful Symmetry. I can't even fathom what it would be like to have the mental focus to solo a route like that. It's so true that you never know when your times up. I mean after all of those super hard ice solos he get's killed while using a rope, go figure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercyful Fate Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 sad news to here this. the man that soloed all 3 big routes on Mt. Rundle in a day. Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Serl Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 awww, SHIT!!! like Will says, a superb person, low-keyed but remarkably talented and highly motivated. damn... that hurts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaredSilly Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Wow sad news. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/79012497.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 It's a comp where you run around the area and try and climb as many routes as possible. News report says Lacelle was caught in an avalanche while traversing between two routes. His partner was at the edge of the slide and was slightly injured. An avalanche from where? Are you saying the comp areas were buried as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Another icon lost.......damn it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 The whole drainage is the comp area - it's not like there is a little crag like Ouray, the comp is in the whole drainage with hundreds of routes scattered around the hillsides and canyons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) From the GNACF website: "AVALANCHE FATALITY Yesterday in Hyalite Canyon a world renowned Canadian ice climber, Guy Lacelle, was killed in an avalanche. He and his partner had finished the climb Silken Falls and were hiking up a narrow drainage to a higher climb when two other climbers above them triggered a pocket of wind drifted snow that ran down the gully. His partner was off to the side, but Guy was hit and carried off the climb to his death. Our sympathies and condolences go out to his family and friends, many of whom are in town for the Bozeman Ice Festival this weekend." A little more info here: http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/000avy.txt Sad. Edited December 11, 2009 by Bronco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSky Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 The whole drainage is the comp area - it's not like there is a little crag like Ouray, the comp is in the whole drainage with hundreds of routes scattered around the hillsides and canyons. Yup...not a lot of spectating going on up there on the comp day(s). Condolences to friends and family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peakpimp Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 How awful, a true inspiration, may he rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulB Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Soloing the big three Trophy Wall routes in a day always stood out in my mind as a massively impressive achievement. I've met folks from the Prince George section of the ACC who told me that Guy would sometimes help with their weekend ice climbing clinics. As the rope gun for setting top ropes he would casually mention to his belayers before starting up, "don't be alarmed if I don't put in any screws". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choada_Boy Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Shitty news. He was an inspiration. A toast! To Guy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 condolences to his family... what a tragedy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Looks like a small slide took him down and tossed him over some cliffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbcbd Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Amazing climber. Just a shame. Interesting video putting more of a "face" to what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Very sad to hear. I've been in the canyon a few times and there are definitely lots of spots you don't want to be. R.I.P Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) I'm not familiar with the Grotto Wall or Hyalite Canyon so can't understand how this could have happened during a comp. I was in Bozeman for the Festival. John Frieh was actually in the invitation competition, but was miles away in the back of the drainage. I'll let him write anything more for himself when he wakes up or feels like it. People do this competition by running around the entire drainage of Hyalite canyon -- it's more area than Smith Rock -- and climbing as many routes as possible. As many *hard* routes as possible. Much of Hyalite canyon was loaded with wind blown snow, but I think that it surprised everybody how unstable it was. After finishing one route, Guy and his partner were moving uphill to another climb. The snow they were walking on released. It carried Guy over the (two pitch) climb that they had just finished. When first responders got there, they found him dead. Edited December 14, 2009 by crackers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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