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flagstaff_climber
Jul 13, 2005, 1:22 AM
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I saw a news crawler on CNN today about 3 climbers being killed in CA. Any info on this ?
Rick
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voltzwgn
Jul 13, 2005, 1:42 AM
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From what I've found looks like 3 climbers from Washington died with a fourth injured. Sounds like they were climbing Sharkfin Tower Peak near Marblemount Washington 90 miles northeast of Seattle. The report I saw didn't have much info talked about crossing a glacier before starting the climb but didn't say where or how the accident occured.
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mreavesdropper
Jul 13, 2005, 1:45 AM
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Go to yahoo.com, in the news section type "climbers" , there are a bunch of articles on the report.
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climbsomething
Jul 13, 2005, 1:46 AM
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climbsomething moved this thread from Beginners to Injuries & Accidents.
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flagstaff_climber
Jul 13, 2005, 1:46 AM
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I forgot about Canada... I thought it was California :)
Rick
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tattooed_climber
Jul 13, 2005, 3:05 AM
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a guy i work with heard about this on the news up here....he heard something about a gully and a rock-fall....he thought it was in squamish, though i'm sure sharkfin TOWER ain't in canada....theres a THE SHARKS FIN in the rockies,....then theres THE SHARKFIN apart of mount Garibaldi...then theres SHARKFIN PEAK apart of the MIDDLE FINGER (apart of the FIVE FINGERS)....(some beta taken from good ol' biv.com)
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just read most of the thread from cc.com
OK....these resources say Wash. state??...what though CNN said CA>>Canada..... :roll: :?
summitpost.org has it
http://www.summitpost.org/images/16622.jpg
looks like a choss pile to me....i can see rockfall happening :x
In reply to: Height: 8,120 feet (2,475 meters) Location: Washington, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 48.5°N, 121.04°W
my wishes to their families....
IMO, death by rockfall is the best way to die compared to the many ways that the attrition of the mountains works...though that statement will probably not bring closure to their families.
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