321: Chamonix Stories #6 | Sam Haddad: “I looked down and there was just the abyss"

In the sixth of our ‘Chamonix Stories’, we find out what it’s like to fall into a crevasse on the Vallée Blanche (don’t worry, this story has a happy ending!)

Host Iain Martin speaks with freelance journalist Sam Haddad, about her first descent of the famous off-piste route – the Vallée Blanche.

SHOW NOTES

Listen to our special episode about Chamonix (0:30)

Sam Haddad runs the Substack ‘Climate and Board Sports’

Sam was last on the podcast in Episode 251 (1:00)

She spent a season in Chamonix in 2000 (2:00)

She was on the Envers du Plan route (2:15)

Jamie and the Magic Torch (3:15)

Falling in to the crevasse (4:45)

Being found in the crevasse (6:00)

Being lifted out (6:30)