The worst climbing accident on Mount Rainier occurred on June 21, 1981, when 11 people died in an ice fall at 11, 000 feet on a guided climb.
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The avalanche, which an ice fall may have set off, occurred in the afternoon as two groups of climbers were coming down from the mountain summit, Walkinshaw said.
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Even those who are experts around ice fall occasionally, as Coleman did three weeks ago onto watery ice that he had just resurfaced that had not hardened yet.
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"You may have an inch of snow or ice fall on the ground, then freezing rain on top of it, which could make traveling very treacherous, " he said.
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From the rear side of Sonamarg leads a 15 kilometer track via Saribal Nallah to the summit, but one have to encounter the difficulties of ice falls from the glacier.
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From there, the glacier ice falls off the cliff and tumbles down the steep Mowich Face; eventually, this ice contributes to the large North Mowich Glacier at an elevation of.
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It would not immediately divulge the identity of the victim, who was taken from the scene of the ice fall with serious injuries, and died in the local hospital, the rescuers said.
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A cold rain will drench much of the northern Gulf States and southern Tennessee while a mixture of snow and ice falls from near the Ohio River to the interior Carolinas and Virginia.
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Weathers walked down about 5, 000 feet ( 1, 500 meters ) to Camp II on Sunday, and descended another 1, 000 feet ( 300 meters ) Monday to just below an ice fall.
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He struggled down another 5, 000 feet ( 1, 525 meters ) Sunday to Camp II, and descended another 1, 000 feet ( 305 meters ) Monday to a spot below an ice fall.
