Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Mountain safety

Mountain safety:cornices


Rule number one: treat mountains with respect and caution.

An very unfortunate incident happened over Easter in the Slovak mountains, resulting in a fatality and injuries. This was due to a cornice breaking off:

http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/encyclopedia/cornice.htm

Pictures of a cornice and one lucky skier: here

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