BREAKING: High Altitude Avalanche Sweeps Mt. Everest; 13 dead | |
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dpepper User ID: 56982241 United States 04/17/2014 11:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is very sad news. Local word on this event is that more are feared missing than reported. There is also a team in that area preparing for some Dare Devil to Paraglide off the top some time next month, also. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 42190415 and yet they still continue to let people come in and turn that area into a cesspool... |
Xray J (OP) User ID: 47278578 United States 04/18/2014 12:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | CNN Breaking News ‏@cnnbrk · 5m Up to 10 people are missing after a high-altitude avalanche on Mt. Everest, a climbing company executive told CNN. "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain |
Xray J (OP) User ID: 47278578 United States 04/18/2014 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.cnn.com] then why were there people hiking? "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain |
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Xray J (OP) User ID: 47278578 United States 04/18/2014 02:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ABC7 Eyewitness News ‏@ABC7 · 36m MOUNT EVEREST UPDATE: Nepal tourism official says 6 Nepalese guides dead, 9 missing in Mount Everest avalanche "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain |
Xray J (OP) User ID: 56380564 United States 04/19/2014 01:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Climbers declared a four-day halt to efforts to scale the 8,848-metre (29,029-ft) summit and, while some decided to abandon their mission, others said they would go ahead after talking to their Nepali guides. "I sat and counted 13 helicopter lifts - 12 were dead bodies flying overhead suspended by a long line from a helicopter," Tim Rippel of Peak Freaks Expeditions wrote in a blog. "Everyone is shaken here at Base Camp. Some climbers are packing up and calling it quits, they want nothing to do with this. Reality has set in." "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled." - Mark Twain |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 54402047 United States 04/19/2014 01:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Officials say about five climbers are feared missing after an avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest and hit a route used to assent the world's highest peak. Quoting: Xray J Nepal Tourism Ministry official Madhu Sudan Burlakoti says the avalanche hit the area just below Camp 2 around 6:30 a.m. Friday. Rescuers and fellow climbers at the base camp are heading to the area to help. A helicopter is on the way from Katmandu. read more: [link to abcnews.go.com] Climbing season on the world's highest peak begins no earlier than May 15. Before worned, out mountain climbing while the earth is going through its dynamic period is not such a good idea. |
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F-BVFA User ID: 48442288 France 04/19/2014 04:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ABC7 Eyewitness News ‏@ABC7 · 36m Quoting: Xray J MOUNT EVEREST UPDATE: Nepal tourism official says 6 Nepalese guides dead, 9 missing in Mount Everest avalanche Mt Everest is very dangerous and so are all the top summits in this part of the world. I would be happy reaching Base Camp 2 I would not want to go up further. Some day I will go. This is something I really want to see in this life but with no intention of climbing to the top. Rest in Peace Sherpas Last Edited by Concorde Warrior F-BVFA on 04/19/2014 04:22 AM I came. I saw. I Concorde. For once you have tasted Concorde you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. "I would say today we can integrate all religions and races EXCEPT ISLAM." Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Y ew |
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F-BVFA User ID: 48442288 France 04/19/2014 04:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Latest update: 12 Dead in Deadliest Avalanche Ever on Mount Everest An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving four missing in the deadliest disaster on the world's highest peak. Several more were injured. read more here: [link to abcnews.go.com] Rest their souls. I came. I saw. I Concorde. For once you have tasted Concorde you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. "I would say today we can integrate all religions and races EXCEPT ISLAM." Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Y ew |
F-BVFA User ID: 48442288 France 04/19/2014 04:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Even Base Camp 2 is a danger zone. Quote from article linked above: "The wall of snow and ice hit just below Camp 2, which sits at an elevation of 21,000 feet on the 29,036-foot mountain, said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association." I came. I saw. I Concorde. For once you have tasted Concorde you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. "I would say today we can integrate all religions and races EXCEPT ISLAM." Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Y ew |
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