Andreas Fransson Explained

Andreas Fransson
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Birth Date:15 April 1983
Death Place:Monte San Lorenzo, Chile

Andreas Fransson (15 April 1983 – 29 September 2014) was a Swedish extreme skier perhaps best known for his having made descents of the hitherto un-skied specific faces of mountains.[1] Among his inaugural descents was that of the south face of Denali in Alaska during the spring of 2011.[2]

Fransson died alongside JP Auclair in an avalanche on 29 September 2014 on Monte San Lorenzo in Aysen, Chile while filming for the webisode series Apogee Skiing.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andreas Fransson - obituary - Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. 20 September 2015.
  2. Web site: Auclair, Fransson Confirmed Dead | POWDER Magazine. m.powder.com. 20 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Auclair, Fransson Confirmed Dead . Powder Magazine. 30 September 2014. 30 September 2014.