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Quote: Originally Posted by htrout13

Oh - speaking of Mt Washington (cough), did anyone see the History Channel last night - show on the two kids who went climbing to the summit in winter, got lost, and one of the rescue party died while searching for them... One guy lost a foot and some fingers, the other lost both of his legs below the knee... He still climbs though! Was a truly interesting show - and as I'm watching the footage of people sliding around outside the observatory (add ice to those winds of last year) and I turned to Matt and said we should go now!!!

For a bit there, I thought you were talking about a different Mount Washington tragedy, and I would have been able to say that I have skied with one of the people involved. But, that's a different story.

The first story on this page has a pretty neutral account of the happenings:
http://www.goski.com/experts/1rice2a.htm

This one is a fluff piece that blames no-one:
http://www.mndaily.com/daily/gopher-...9/AP11.STO.txt

This one has a more accusatory tone:
http://mailman.hack.net/pipermail/at...er/022779.html

It's got to be rough to be the survivor, no matter who was to blame (if anyone). Especially to find out that your name has become a verb, kinda like Baker.

Jeremy Haas is a hell of a skier, I'll say that.

Also, in other brushes with winter mountaineering infamy, I've also snowboarded with the survivor from this accident in Alaska:

http://www.transworldsnowboarding.co...242126,00.html