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Three tri-state area climbers killed in Washington state avalanche
NY Post ^
| February 21, 2023
| David Propper
Posted on 02/21/2023 9:11:59 PM PST by BenLurkin
The trio were among a group of six people attempting to scale part of Colchuck Peak when the lead climber triggered the snow slide, according to local authorities.
Four climbers were swept about 500 feet down the steep mountain, sheriff officials said.
The three who died were a 60-year-old New York woman, a 66-year-old man from New Jersey and a 53-year-old Connecticut man, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office said.
A 56-year-old man from New York sustained non-life threatening injuries and was able to get down to the base camp. Two other survivors weren’t hurt, the sheriff’s office said.
[Chelan County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Reinfeld] said three more avalanches crashed down after the first one, which means two of the climbers are buried.
The hikers had some mountaineering experience, but he did not know how much.
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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: avalanche; climbers; tristate; washingtonstate
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:11:59 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Good golly...elderly folk.
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:13:56 PM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: BenLurkin
Colchuck Peak. They don't make them like that in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut. Hard enough getting up there in summer, but February? With blizzard conditions moving in?
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:16:38 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(There is lots of money and power in Green Communism and we all know where Communism ends.)
To: BenLurkin
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:18:20 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: BenLurkin
“ The hikers had some mountaineering experience”
Likely enough to give them the Invincibility of Age. “If it hasn’t killed me yet, it’s not likely to kill me now.”
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:19:39 PM PST
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable STILL )
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:20:10 PM PST
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable STILL )
To: BenLurkin
Why hike this time of year?
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posted on
02/21/2023 9:40:31 PM PST
by
willk
(Local news media. Just as dangerous as national media.i later)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Beautiful but treacherous-looking mountain.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I had to look it up. In Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
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posted on
02/21/2023 10:26:56 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: willk
Some prefer to hike on snow bed than crumbly rock but you have to be expert at determining stability which they evidently weren’t.
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posted on
02/21/2023 10:28:54 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: steve86
It’s sad for the families, but anyone who gets on snow on a mountain is gambling no matter which mountain it is.
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posted on
02/21/2023 10:33:03 PM PST
by
WVNan
To: WVNan
The crumbly rock later in the season is just as dangerous.
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posted on
02/21/2023 10:35:52 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
You don’t want to get caught in a blizzard, sure, but the colder temperatures actually would be safer as far as snow stability.
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posted on
02/21/2023 10:37:33 PM PST
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: drSteve78
To: steve86
As long as you don’t get alternating warm / cold temps and new snow…ripe avalanche conditions.
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posted on
02/22/2023 4:13:24 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(There is lots of money and power in Green Communism and we all know where Communism ends.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/22/2023 8:09:43 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders wh to sile ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
And, a group of elderly people at that. Was it a suicide pact?
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