What a beautiful tribute just made Gabarrou Patrick (*) to Hugh by dedicating the latter route TD (the first or the 9th) that just opened in the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, and he called: "Hugues d'en haut" "It's a fine line, obviously, that leads to the edge of the Swallows," said the mountaineer. "Hugh was a rare man, as we meet shortly. I shared with him a few weeks at the base camp of Everest in 2003. Attentive, he always sought to serve, to lend equipment, lend a hand ... A guy well ".
Having learned that Constance, the daughter of Hugh, married Saturday, Patrick Gabarrou decided to offer him this way in the Big Jorasses, both in tribute and as a wedding gift.
Hugh Lane's will and in Chamonix and ....,
This new direction in the Great Jorasses be a trace of his immortal stay with us.
(*) mountain guide and renowned mountaineer, has completed over Patrick Gabarrou of 300 firsts in the Alps, the Andes, the Himalayas ... but the mountain is not just a place for her effort and achievement. She is also a privileged space for sharing, wonder, serenity where people live greatly nature, she also knows be bad. She knows the storm raises avalanche, but for this extraordinary guide is beauty prevails: "There are moments of sparkling completely extraordinary. They open the mind to the wonders of the world, profound questions that make you want to stop and ask themselves, contemplate, try to be a smuggler of light and truth. "
(Between Earth and Sky, under a mountain of books which revealed his passion).
