Laughingman Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Sorry to be the person to break the bad news... According to Dane Burns blog Cold Thistle "Bjørn-Eivind Årtun (45) and Stein-Ivar Gravdal were found dead attempting a new route at Kjerag in Lysefjorden, Norway yesterday. They went out on Tuesday expecting to get back Thursday, when they weren't a Sea King was called on Friday and found them hanging from a rope 100m above the scree slope. Local mountain rescue will start a recovery operation today." A sad day for the alpine climbing world indeed more can be found here... Link and in norwegian Link RIP to both men they will be missed. Edited February 12, 2012 by Laughingman Quote
Zoran Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Terrible news! Both were an exceptional climbers ... Condolences to their families and friends. Artun's death will impact his partners. Colin lost a very good friend. Very sad news for all of us ... Quote
ivan Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 wise king do not grieve for everyone of us living in this world means waiting for our end let he who he can achieve glory before death when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark Quote
JensHolsten Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Sad day...Getting to hang with Bjorn in Argentina this season was a true blessing. His passion was evident and his abilities unquestionable. One of my heroes for sure. RIP Bjorn. Edited February 13, 2012 by JensHolsten Quote
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