wayne Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 This could really suck as it unfolds! In the mid 90s there was a huge section that collapsed in the low center of the main face. It could still be calving? Quote
JoshK Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 I hate to ruin a legit thread, but this may be the dumbest thing I've ever heard: "The snow-capped Alpamayo was declared the world's most beautiful mountain by Unesco in 1966." WTF? Hopefully they find some folks alive. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted July 23, 2003 Author Posted July 23, 2003 wayne1112 said: This could really suck as it unfolds! In the mid 90s there was a huge section that collapsed in the low center of the main face. It could still be calving? From the article: "A change in climate is believed to have caused the accident." If that's the case, it probably still is. Quote
Ursa_Eagle Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 not just the Andes are affected by the changing climate... http://swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4039782 Quote
Rodchester Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 The peaks of the Cordillera Blanca can get really slammed with snow in a short period and set up bad avy conditions, even in the dry season. This could be a regular avalanche, and not a piece of the glacier breaking off. Maybe, maybe not. I would think that if it was a large piece breaking off, it would be hard to find any bodies, as the ice would crush any thing in its path. But hell, I’m just some idiot on CC.com. Either way it still sucks. Quote
Rodchester Posted July 23, 2003 Posted July 23, 2003 Posted on Tue, Jul. 22, 2003 8 Climbers Missing After Peru Avalanche Associated Press LIMA, Peru - Eight mountain climbers were missing after an avalanche on Peru's Alpamayo mountain, police said Tuesday. Four Germans, two Israelis, one Venezuelan and one Peruvian were believed to have been buried, said police Lt. Henry Paz, director of the high mountain rescue unit in nearby Huaraz, 180 miles (285 kilometers) north of Lima. He did not identify the victims. The climbers, from one or more expeditions, were about 490 feet (150 meters) below Alpamayo's 19,510-foot (5,947-meter) summit when they were swept away by a wall of broken ice at around 9 a.m. Monday, Paz said. A rescue team went out on foot at 9 p.m. Monday and police were waiting early Tuesday for the arrival of a rescue helicopter to begin an aerial search, he said. Alpamayo is one of several glacier-covered peaks in Peru's Cordillera Blanca that attract climbers from around the world. ___________________ I suppose one of the flutings could have broken off? If the glacier itself had broken off at that altitude, there would be one hell of a crash and the mountain would be an entirely different peak. Quote
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