Local skiers/speed flyers Armond DuBuque and Lori Sanwald sent us a report from their trip across the pond plus a couple videos. If you’ve seen colorful wings in the sky above Leavenworth, chances are good that it was one of these two. Recently, they packed up the gear and headed to Chamonix for some good times-Euro style.
I have to admit that in the past, I’ve had something against going to Europe. I either thought that it would be too expensive, or that somehow having that much access to the mountains was a bad thing. It seemed like I couldn’t put it off anymore, so my girlfriend Lori and I decided to plan a trip.
I contacted a friend of mine Matt Gerdes, who has been living in France for around 10 years now for some advice on where to go and stay. After contemplating the possibilities of traveling from country to country, or just planting ourselves in one spot to really get a feel for the place we decided to head straight to Chamonix, Fance and base there for the entire 3 week trip. Our intensions were to speedfly as much as possible and ski if we had to when the weather wasn’t cooperative for flying.
