The Mountaineers are planning to teach climbers to evaluate whether it is safer to wait for help.
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The USGS has a page devoted to the Taum Sauk disaster.
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Syria has announced plans for a $15 billion tourist development on its highest point — Mount Hermon/Jabal Sheikh (9,332 feet/2,814 metres).
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Austin is considering a $500 fine for hiker who jumped the fence on Mount Bonnell and had to be rescued by helicopter.
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Canton, Ohio, doesn’t like how Arcata, California, is treating its statue of William McKinley.
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Below is a summary of articles on the Taum Sauk dam disaster in the past week.
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Søren Gudman climbed the 7 Summits (Kosciusko version) in a record 194 days.
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A judge has thrown out the lawsuit that Yosemite was responsible for a fatal rock slide.
Below is the original September 14, 2005, post:
Superclimb reports climbers fear a $20 million wrongful death suit against Yosemite will end the sport there.
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The Upper Reservoir at the Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Plant has been breached flooding the Black River and creating havoc and washing out roads and buildings downstream.
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Kentucky officials issued seven citations in connection with a mine cave in on Black Mountain that killed two miners on Aug. 3.
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