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Global Warning Adds To Canadian Avalanches !!
2008-05-16 13:49:00 Avalanche experts are warning people to stay out of the mountains this weekend unless they are experts at reading snow conditions. ?The message is for people who want to get out and experience the back country is that they need to be extremely experienced,? John Kelly, operations manager at the Canadian Avalanche Centre, said from his ...
By: Webloggin
Picture of avalanches in Mars
2008-03-05 14:40:00 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole. Take a look at the amazing picture above. It was taken on February 19th, 2008. The orbiter's HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Experiment) camera took this image when it was checking for springtime changes in the carbon-dioxide frost covering a northern dune field."We don't know what set off these landslides," says Patrick Russell of the University of Berne, Switzerland, a HiRISE team collaborator. "We plan to take more images of the site through the changing Martian seasons to see if this kind of avalanche happens all year or is restricted to early spring." Link
What You Need To Know About Avalanches: Part 4/4 - Fighting With an Avalanc
2008-02-09 00:53:00 The first part of this article series introduced us to the basics of avalanches. In the second part we discussed about avoiding avalanches, and in the third part we learned how to examine the snow profile in order to understand the risk of an avalanche. This fourth and last part discusses about fighting with an ...
18 die in avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir - KalingaTimes
2008-02-09 00:00:00 18 die in avalanches in Jammu and KashmirKalingaTimes, India -2 hours agoSrinagar/Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS): At least 18 people were killed as avalanches hit Jammu and Kashmir Friday amid a bone-chilling cold spell that has plunged ...Kashmir Under Blanket of SnowKashmir ObserverHeavy snowfall paralyses life in KashmirGreaterKashmir.com (press release)Kashmir Valley snows inEtalaatGreaterKashmir.com ...
By: Pakistan News
14 killed in held Kashmir avalanches - PakTribune.com
2008-02-09 00:00:00 14 killed in held Kashmir avalanchesPakTribune.com, Pakis-tan -2 hours agoSix members of one family were killed Friday when cascading snow buried their village home in India`s Jammu-Kashmir state, said Farooq Khan, a police deputy ... More: continued here
By: Pakistan News
18 die in avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir
2008-02-08 17:46:00 At least 18 people were killed as avalanches hit Jammu and Kashmir Friday amid a bone-chilling cold spell that has plunged temperatures in large parts of northern india.
By: Latest News
What You Need To Know About Avalanches: Part 3/4 - How to Examine the Snow
2008-02-02 11:00:00 In the first part of this avalanche articles series I discussed about the basics and the behavior of an avalanche. In the second part I discussed how to avoid an avalanche. In this third part of the series I dig into the most interesting part, examining the snow. This is an important skill to have ...
What You Need To Know About Avalanches: Part 2/4 - How to Avoid an Avalanch
2008-02-01 00:06:00 In the first article of this series I provided basic information on avalanches and their behavior. In this second part I will talk about protecting yourself from avalanches. As it was mentioned last time, avalanches are the single biggest danger threatening the skier. The more time you spend in the mountains, the greater is the likehood ...
What You Need To Know About Avalanches: Part 1 - Basics of Avalanches
2008-01-29 13:22:00 An avalanche is a phenomenon that causes a number of deaths yearly. It is a phenomenon every skier should be aware of, especially backcountry skiers. Avalanches are common phenomena in mountains, even though most of the on-piste skiers never see them. Even though you might now see an avalanche, it is very important to understand what it is, how it behaves and how you should behave in case of an avalanche. This article series provides you information on avalanche as a phenomenon, behavior of an avalanche as well as instructions to avoid avalanches and what to do if you or your fellow skier gets buried in avalanche. This first article describes an avalanche as a phenomenon of the nature. As stated in Wikipedia “An avalanche is a flow of snow or rocks down a mountainside. Avalanches are among the biggest dangers in the mountains for both life and property“. There are several factors that together trigger an avalanche. Most of the avalanches are triggered by the weather cond...
Calif. braces for storm; 3 dead in avalanches
2008-01-27 04:32:00 (CNN) -- Emergency officials in Orange County braced Saturday for a major storm expected to strike overnight in canyons near Los Angeles, while the bodies of three avalanche victims were discovered in mountains north of the city.
By: Get rich
Avalanches - Since I Left You [2000]
2008-01-18 07:43:00 Review by E. A Solinas “ea_solinas” The Avalanches are a DJ’s dream come true — six Aussies who took hundreds of sound snatches, and wove together a wildly playful kind of electronica. Their first (and so far, only) album, “Since I Left You,” is a tangle of the delicate, the weird, and the incredibly danceable. It kicks ...
The Avalanches
2007-08-14 18:21:00 2000 Since I Left YouOne of the video's that make a good song great:More info (Wiki)ps. congrats of the 100 post.. :D
By: The Music Vlog.
K2 Summits, New Route on Gasherbrum II, and more..
2007-07-21 05:26:00 Over the past week most of my time has been used covering the recent Michael Reardon tragedy. This is not to say that nothing was happening though, but I felt that I had the opportunity to do something for Michael and his family and friends that other sites just couldn’t do. To get back up to ...
By: The Adventurist
Swiss Avalanche Kills 6 Climbers
2007-07-12 18:12:00 Some sad news coming from Switzerland today as it is being reported that six climbers have been killed in a massive avalanche taking place on Jangfrau Peak in Central Switzerland. The Swiss Army has not confirmed who the climbers are at this time, but they are questioning that perhaps it could be members of their own ...
By: The Adventurist
BREAKING NEWS: DHAULAGIRI AVALANCHE CLAIMS RICARDO VALENCIA AND SANTIAGO S
2007-05-14 05:08:00 ExplorersWeb has posted that Ricardo Valencia and Santiago Sagaste were killed today in an avalanche on Dhaulagiri. The avalanche occured at Camp 2 as the spanish expedition, the only expedition still at Dhaulagiri, were waiting out a storm at Camp 2 to proceed to the summit– The Avalanche swept down as Valencia and Sagaste were in their ...
By: The Adventurist
Christine Boskoff Still Missing, Chinese Hampering Search?
2007-05-12 04:51:00 In December 2006, Christine Boskoff and Charlie Fowler went missing while on a climbing expedition in China. Charlie Fowler’s body was found in the snow on the desolate and hard to reach mountain in December. It was presumed that Christine was dead as well. There is a new UPDATE coming in today of this search and ...
By: The Adventurist
Everest 2007: Inside Himex Basecamp, From The Outside
2007-05-08 04:51:00 Nick Heil, a journalist for Outside magazine, has recently joined up with Russell Brice and his Himex team at Everest Basecamp and will be chronicling the Himex Everest Expedition this season for Outside magazine. All of this is taking place in the Outside Blog. Some quick observations about Nick Heil’s Blog about this Expedition. First, is the ...
By: The Adventurist
David Sharp HAD to Die on Everest
2007-05-03 17:17:00 People die on Mt. Everest. That is a fact. In fact until the last few years the statistic was that for every four people to make the summit, one would die. In recent times (the 2007 Everest climbing season involves close to 1,000 individuals) that number has grown to one in twenty. Last season brought the ...
By: The Adventurist
Dhauligiri Summiter, Jorge Egocheaga, Evacuated from Basecamp
2007-04-30 21:47:00 The Second Dhauligiri Summiter this season, Jorge Egocheaga, has been medically evacuated from Dhauligiri Basecamp. His evacuation came about after he was hit by an avalanche and subsequently fell into a crevasse while descending. The Avalanche and the fall into the crevasse wasn’t the reason for the Medic Evac though. It seems that during his journey ...
By: The Adventurist
Everest 2007: The Best of the Best
2007-04-27 03:59:00 It has been said many times before–You can fake your way to Everest Basecamp, but once you hit that mountain the higher camps will show who you are and what you are made of… Over the past couple of weeks The Adventurist has taken you from the trek in to Everest Basecamp on both the North and ...
By: The Adventurist
114 killed in Afghan floods, avalanches
2007-04-04 17:53:00 Kabul, April 4 : Heavy floods in 19 provinces of Afghanistan left at least 91 people dead and 49 others injured in the past five days, while avalanches in northern Afghanistan have claimed the lives of 23 people, officials said Wednesday.
By: newkerala.com
33 killed in avalanches in northern Pakistan
2007-04-02 17:41:00 Islamabad, April 2: At least 33 people have been killed in a series of avalanches that destroyed hamlets in Pakistan's northern district of Chitral, officials said Monday.
By: newkerala.com
Buried Alive: Avalanches Kill 20 in U.S.
2007-03-15 17:24:00 Ok, now that I have your attention– During the 2006-2007 winter, 20 people have been killed by avalanches in the United States alone. That might seem like a lot to some people, but these 20 deaths came in 19 seperate avalanches with the deadliest just happening March 13 when two skiers were caught on Sunshine Peak ...
By: The Adventurist
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