AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - French freeride skier Juliette Willmann killed after avalanche plunge in Patagonia
Pro freeride skier Juliette Willmann died after an avalanche swept her 1,300 feet down an Argentine mountain and buried her under five feet of snow, while her husband survived. Juliette Willmann, 29, and her husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi, 30, were skiing on Mount Cerro Crestón in the Patagonian Andes when a mass of snow broke loose […] The post French freeride skier Juliette Willmann killed after avalanche plunge in Patagonia appeared first on American Almanac .
Pro freeride skier Juliette Willmann died after an avalanche swept her 1,300 feet down an Argentine mountain and buried her under five feet of snow, while her husband survived. Juliette Willmann, 29, and her husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi, 30, were skiing on Mount Cerro Crestón in the Patagonian Andes when a mass of snow broke loose around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The slide carried the couple down the mountain from a height of 10,171 feet. The US Sun reported that Willmann was buried under a five-foot mound of ice and snow after the plunge of 1,312 feet. Rescuers found her without vital signs. Multiple rounds of CPR failed to revive her. Mehdi survived and was evacuated for medical treatment. An investigation into her death has been launched.…Open