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To: goodnesswins
I think that was the year an avalanche buried 17 people on Rainier.

No, that was in June of 1981... The Ingraham Glacier icefall fractured causing an avalanche that killed 11 people. A wall of ice 300 feet wide fell 800 feet and shattered which caused the avalanche.

10 posted on 06/13/2022 9:42:49 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: fireman15

Ok...had a friend who lost his best friend in that avalanche...he convinced me to cancel my plans to climb the mountain in 1982.


27 posted on 06/13/2022 3:38:13 PM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned. )
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