I think this is the third separate fatality on Mt. Rainier this summer.
Maybe its me, but I don't remember Mt. Rainier ever having such a fatal year as this one.
Reminds me of Everest '96.
To: 11th Earl of Mar
One article I read said an average of 3 people a year die on Rainier. Looks like this might be an above average year.
2 posted on
06/18/2004 5:00:58 AM PDT by
nuconvert
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To: 11th Earl of Mar
Seems like last year there were 13 deaths on Mt Rainier. I'll have to look it up.
Every day I look at that mountain - a clear shot of the west side - and even from 25 miles away the winds and glacial breakup are easily seen. There isn't a glacier without large amounts of fallen rock at its' base. Now just how large are those freshly fallen rocks if I can see individual ones from 25 miles?
4 posted on
06/18/2004 5:16:52 AM PDT by
datura
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To: HairOfTheDog; Ramius; Scott from the Left Coast
5 posted on
06/18/2004 8:11:23 AM PDT by
ecurbh
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