Andreas Fransson

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 Mount Denali in Alaska during the spring of 2011.[2]

Andreas Fransson
Country
Born(1983-04-15)15 April 1983
Died29 September 2014(2014-09-29) (aged 31)
Monte San Lorenzo, Chile

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]

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