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Category Archives: Fatal
Fatality at McKinley Headwall
Officials are investigating a fatality on the Headwall of McKinley’s West Buttress.
Posted in Accidents, Alaska, Fatal, Highpoint (States) News
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Backcountry Accidents: Helicopter Rescue of Dog and Hikers in California, AT Accident in Maryland, Fatal Fall in Illinois
Here’s a round up of backcountry accidents in California, Maryland and Illinois.
Posted in Accidents, Animals, California, Dogs, Fatal, Helicopter Rescues, Illinois, Maryland
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International Backcountry Accidents – Vancouver, Sherpas, Snowdonia, France, South Africa
International backcountry accident wrap up:
Posted in Accidents, Africa, Avalanches, British Isles, Canada, Europe, Everest, Fatal, France, General
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2006-02-22 Backcountry Accidents in California, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Australia, Spain
Accident reports as of February 22, 2006
Posted in Accidents, California, Colorado, Europe, Fatal, Oceania, Oregon, Virginia, Washington
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Fatal Fall on Lanin Volcano
Luis de Carlos, 60, from Naremburn in Sydney’s north, is believed to have blown off the Lanin volcano, near the border of Chile and Argentina in the Patagonian region.
Posted in Accidents, Fatal, South America
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Abseiler Killed in Ben Nevis 100 Foot Plunge
A climber abseiling down Tower Ridge approach to Ben Nevis was killed after falling 100 feet.
Posted in Accidents, British Isles, Europe, Fatal, Highpoint News (world)
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Body of 1980s Hiker Found on Godley Glacier on Mount Cook
Climbers have discovered the skeletel remains of a hiker belived lost on Mount Cook in the 1980s.
Posted in Accidents, Continents, Fatal, General, Highpoint News (world), New Zealand, Oceania
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7 Fatalities on Slovakia’a Highest Mountain Range
Avalanches killed seven Czech tourists Saturday in Slovakia’s highest mountain range and a German man on a snowshoe tour a day earlier in Switzerland, officials said.
Posted in Accidents, Avalanches, Europe, Fatal, Highpoint News (world)
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2 Snowmobiler Fatalities Near Rocky Mountain National Park
New Year’s Day avalanche killed two snowmobilers near Rocky Mountain National Park, officials said.
Posted in Accidents, Avalanches, Colorado, Fatal
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Fatal Avalanche Between Fourteeners Torreys Peak and Grays Peak
Patrick D. Niedringhaus, 18, was killed in an avalanche between Fourteeners Torreys Peak and Grays Peak.
Posted in Accidents, Avalanches, Colorado, Fatal
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Clergyman Accused in Washington Rape in 400 Foot Fatal Plunge at Sequoia National Park
SeattlePI reports Rev. Santos Teixeira fell 400 feet from Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park.
Posted in Accidents, California, Fatal, States, Washington
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Fatal Bouldering Accident at Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania
WNEP reports Sarae Rinker, 18, was killed when a boulder she was climbing shifted at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Rinker was pinned for more than three hours.
Posted in Accidents, Fatal, Pennsylvania
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Fatal 100 Fall at Sleeping Giant State Park, Connecticut
Newsday reports Adam Barnes, 24, fell 100 feet at Sleeping Giant State Park near Hamden, CT.
Posted in Accidents, Connecticut, Fatal
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Fatal 90 Foot Fall at Paradise Forks, Arizona
Arizona Central reports Shelley Windsor, 31, of Mesa died last Saturday after falling more than 90 feet from a canyon wall at Paradise Forks, a popular climbing area 30 miles west of Flagstaff.
Fatal Fall on Mount Tilicho in Nepal
Wire services report Josef Alois Kasbaure, a 38-year-old radiologist from Wange, Germany, fell about 200 meters (650 feet) into a crevasse on Oct. 27 at an elevation of 6,600 meters (21,650 feet), while climbing 7,134-meter (23,400-foot) Mount Tilicho in Nepal.