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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8578576.stm
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0321/iceland.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... acier.html

Glen Denny Yosemite in the 60's Slideshow Washington DC 3/24

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Georgetown University's Gaston Hall
Street: 37th St NW & O St NW
City/Town: Washington, DC
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q ... gton%2C+DC

This slide show is based on Glen Denny's book, Yosemite in the Sixties, published by Patagonia in 2007. It consists of approximately 130 B&W slides showing major climbs of the ...

It's been at Nockspitze near Götzens in Tyrol’s Innsbruck-Land district:

http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Genera ... _avalanche

:cry:

A massive avalanche near Revelstoke has killed three and injured numerous people during the Big Iron Shootout on Boulder Mountain.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Search ... story.html

Yesterday Ondra sent Golpe de Estado 9b

Read here:

http://allanrobb.blogspot.com/

Allan

Two backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche on Wright Peak over the weekend, a rarity in the Adirondacks. They were on the same slide path that avalanched in 2000. The earlier avalanche caught four skiers, killing one. It remains the only fatal avalanche in the Adirondack Mountains. The Adirondack Explorer newsmagazine ran an extensive interview with two of the survivors of the first avalanche. It is a riveting account of what it's like to ...

Here is the report from the Alpine Ascents crew on Aconcagua. According to their schedule they would have been at camp 3, at the base of the glacier. They must have been absolutely freaked out. I did this trip with them last year.

Team XII: 3/1/2010
Hello friends and family! As previously mentioned, the Satellite phone has not been in working order. We are now at Plaza de Mulas base camp and are pleased to ...

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php
Did any South American Climbers feel this? Got to be some news here.
8.8 earthquak in Chile, news says 500 time more severe than the Hati quake.

Whitefish Mountain Resort in Whitefish Montana has become the latest ski resort to limit uphill traffic on skins. Press release.

Resistance is mounting... Facebook group and http://www.uphilltraffic.org

If you're impacted, please get involved to see if we can work with the resort to implement common sense guidelines to manage uphill traffic.

--Kowski out