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Brit man, 25, dies after plunging to his death on 'volcano from hell' on holiday
The Mirror ^ | 18 Aug 2022 | Benjamin Lynch

Posted on 08/19/2022 3:58:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A young Brit has died in a tragic accident at the "volcano from hell" in Ecuador.

Gil Banks, 25, was attempting to climb up the Rucu Pichincha volcano near Quito on Sunday, August 14, when he fell to his death.

Banks was originally born in London and grew up in Newton Mearns before he emigrated with his family to Israel, Glasgow Live reported.

He leaves behind his Glaswegian father and English mother following the sad accident.

His horror death was confirmed by the Israeli Embassy in Ecuador.

The Times of Israel reported Banks had recently finished serving in an elite military unit and was travelling around South America.

Gil's friends paid tribute to him, saying he had a "great smile".

The huge Pinchincha volcano tops out at a dizzying 4,784m high and its most recent eruption was in August 1998, leaving Quito covered in a few inches of ash.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: ecuador; rucupichincha; volcano; volcanoes
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To: Atomic Vomit
Chili is a food. Chile is a country.

Well, Chili is actually a town, located a few miles southwest of Rochester NY.

But it's pronounced Chy-Lie.

21 posted on 08/19/2022 4:29:22 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9k6__UFF18


22 posted on 08/19/2022 4:31:48 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Steely Tom

‘ He left very little behind.’
Probably skidded most of it off on the way down.


23 posted on 08/19/2022 4:38:44 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: SamAdams76

(Wolves in photo in Californian accents); “Give it up, dude…we’re vegan!”


24 posted on 08/19/2022 4:43:16 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: BenLurkin

I climbed Rucu Pichincha while climbing in Ecuador in the early 1990s. It was a warmup before higher peaks Cayambe, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. Pichincha only had steep sections near the summit and did not seem very dangerous. But, if suffering from altitude sickness it could become dangerous due to equilibrium loss.


25 posted on 08/19/2022 4:46:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SamAdams76

Just stand in front of the Russian/Komsomol type bathhouse called “Mans Country” (aka “Boystown”) where Emanuel, Obama, and Michelle (Michael) Robinson and the Russian Mafia hung/hang out on the South side of Chicago, with a sign warning of Gods imminent judgement on sodomy -

You will be out down with much more than your current carbon value.


26 posted on 08/19/2022 4:50:55 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: Caipirabob

You never have to fear a California ghost.
Booo, booo dude totally boooooooo


27 posted on 08/19/2022 4:54:58 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: patriotfury

It’s actually on the North side. He would have other problems on the South side, which is the baddest part of town.


28 posted on 08/19/2022 4:57:32 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Was. I believe I read about its closing in the Reader...back when that was still sort of worth reading.


29 posted on 08/19/2022 5:11:24 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: BenLurkin

“...originally born in London...” Huh?


30 posted on 08/19/2022 5:12:48 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: SamAdams76

You want to be eaten by wolves? I was hoping to be trampled by a herd of rhinoceroses.


31 posted on 08/19/2022 5:15:00 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: M1903A1

Yes, you are correct, about the bathhouse and the Reader.I used to pick up the Reader all the time.


32 posted on 08/19/2022 5:16:05 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

You are right.

I stand corrected.

It’s North of downtown, and South of Highland Park and Evanston.


33 posted on 08/19/2022 5:17:35 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: Atomic Vomit

Chile is red and green in New Mexico 😀


34 posted on 08/19/2022 5:19:45 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SamAdams76

“I hope to meet my own death out in the woods on a long winter hike with wolves closing in.”

Ugh, not me. Being eaten by wolves? Seriously?


35 posted on 08/19/2022 5:22:17 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: Steely Tom

At least it’s not the ‘volcano to hell’


36 posted on 08/19/2022 5:23:21 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: BenLurkin
A young Brit has died in a tragic accident at the "volcano from hell" in Ecuador.

Climbing a volcano, is not exactly on my bucket list. 🤭

37 posted on 08/19/2022 5:34:33 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Tijeras_Slim

When I lived in NM I worked with a guy whose last name was Chiles. It was pronounced “chyles.” We had some fun with that.


38 posted on 08/19/2022 5:57:17 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: BenLurkin

Pichincha is higher than Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the 48 contiguous states (which is 4,421 meters high).


39 posted on 08/19/2022 6:01:14 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Disambiguator

There is a Chiles Valley in northern California (near Napa Valley), presumably named for an early settler.


40 posted on 08/19/2022 6:02:35 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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