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Glen Plake Back in the Mountains after Mt Manaslu Avalanche

Legendary Freeskier and wife Kimberly on the Arete des Cosmiques

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By Sophie Nicholson, Updated

One week on after surviving the devastating avalanche on Mt Manaslu in Nepal that killed his two friends, Glen Plake was back in Chamonix and back in the mountains with his wife Kimberly. This great video of the couple climbing the Arete des Cosmiques was filmed by filmmaker, freeskier, and climber Nate Wallace.

 

 

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