See below for articles about the Hans Fund as well as a full library of Hans's press coverage. The library includes Hans's own published writing as well as articles documenting his ski mountaineering career.
by Porter Fox
May 8 began as a sunny, bluebird day in Chamonix, France, a rarity in the valley in spring. It ended with a fatal mistake, the silencing of an inspirational voice in skiing, and an added link to an eerie, tragic chain of events in the life of a gifted mountaineer and photographer.
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Hans Saari, ski mountaineer and writer, died Tuesday, May 8, after a fall in the Gervisuiti Couloir on Mont Blac de Tacul, in Chamonix. After losing edge hold on an icy bulge at the top of couloir, Hans took a 3,000 foot fall down the steep and icy chute. At 30 years old, [...]
by Kristoffer Erickson
May 8, 2001, dawned with clear skies and not a whisper of wind throughout the Chamonix Valley–not normal weather for the French Alps at that time of year. It was to be the worst day of my life.
For years, the famous Gervasutti Couloir on Mont Blanc du Tacul, high above Chamonix, had [...]