Engineers draining glacial lake on Mt Blanc

by **Alpinist** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 7:07 pm

Engineers in France have started work to drain an immense lake that has built up under an Alpine glacier on Mont Blanc, an attempt to prevent a repeat of a flood that killed 175 people more than 100 years ago.

Specialists are drilling into the glacier as part of preparations to slowly pump out the 65,000 cubic meters (2,275,000 cubic feet) of liquid believed trapped beneath the Tete Rousse glacier, the mayor of the Alpine town of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains said Wednesday. The amount of water is equivalent to about 26 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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by **Luciano136** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:21 pm

Watched the documentary on the previous disaster. Good call!

by **Diego Sahagún** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:08 am

It's the 3rd time that the topic has been put in SP :roll:

by **Alpinist** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:48 pm

Third time? It must be in the European forum. Isn't it just like them to post news in the wrong forum.

by **Diego Sahagún** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:21 pm

THIRD TIME :!:

by b. » Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:27 pm

OMG!!! We better hold a summit so no more information is ever repeated on this website! How many times has someone asked for help buying an ice axe? This is a crisis. :wink:

by **Mihai Tanase** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:50 pm

Alpinist wrote:Third time? It must be in the European forum. Isn't it just like them to post news in the wrong forum.

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=54447
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=54722

Deleted User · by **Deleted User** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:22 pm

Alpinist wrote:Isn't it just like them...

THEM ?

Who do you mean?

by **Lolli** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:00 pm

Novak2 wrote:
Alpinist wrote:Isn't it just like them...

THEM ?

Who do you mean?

US!

Deleted User · by **Deleted User** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:11 pm

Lolli wrote:
Novak2 wrote:
Alpinist wrote:Isn't it just like them...

THEM ?

Who do you mean?

US!

I have a good mind to tell the Elves about this attack, f.i. MoaraPk, or maybe an other one.

by **Scott** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:29 pm

It's the 3rd time that the topic has been put in SP

Yes, but the one in French doesn't count and the other one is only titled "Mount Blanc Glacier". :lol:

It's no wonder it was posted again (and if it wasn't, I wouldn't have read it).

Deleted User · by **Deleted User** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:51 pm

oh me oh my

by **Diego Sahagún** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:55 pm

Scott wrote:
It's the 3rd time that the topic has been put in SP

Yes, but the one in French doesn't count and the other one is only titled "Mount Blanc Glacier".

It's no wonder it was posted again (and if it wasn't, I wouldn't have read it).

Scott, if it doesn't mind start a new Glacier de Gouter thread. If not we could not to find the topic :wink:

by **ClimbandMine** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:22 pm

Diego Sahagún wrote:
Scott wrote:
It's the 3rd time that the topic has been put in SP

Yes, but the one in French doesn't count and the other one is only titled "Mount Blanc Glacier".

It's no wonder it was posted again (and if it wasn't, I wouldn't have read it).

Scott, if it doesn't mind start a new Glacier de Gouter thread. If not we could not to find the topic

Huh?

by **Diego Sahagún** » Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:05 pm

Should I say it in Spanish :?:

Engineers draining glacial lake on Mt Blanc

Engineers draining glacial lake on Mt Blanc

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