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1 climber killed, 2 hurt in avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park
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Posted on 05/30/2022 12:20:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A climber was killed and two others injured Sunday in a rock fall and avalanche in Rocky Mountain National Park, officials said.

A woman suffered minor injuries and a man who suffered more serious injuries was rescued by a Colorado National Guard helicopter using a hoist during a break in wintry weather, a park press release said.

Harsh conditions in the area complicated rescue efforts, CBS Denver reported. The park said rescue teams were "working in terrain above 11,500 feet" and were "experiencing winter like weather conditions," according to the station.

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1 posted on 05/30/2022 12:20:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

HUH? Winter like conditions? Would that be balmy breezes and mid 80’s? Glow bull climate changing warmness and all.


2 posted on 05/30/2022 12:27:36 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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“HUH? Winter like conditions? Would that be balmy breezes and mid 80’s? Glow bull climate changing warmness and all.”

It’s snowing up there right now.


3 posted on 05/30/2022 12:33:56 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: BenLurkin

“Mountain climbers experience winter-like conditions”

Now that’s a slow news day.


4 posted on 05/30/2022 12:35:41 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: dljordan

Could have some snow in the Sierras above ~6500 ft. We’ll take it.


5 posted on 05/30/2022 12:48:54 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

No Balmy breezes and Mid 80’s when you’re above 11,500’.


6 posted on 05/30/2022 12:49:30 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: rktman
10,000ft and upwards, it's darned cold and snowy, even into early Summer. Not to mention thin O2.
7 posted on 05/30/2022 12:53:38 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Glow bull climate warmness can do anything. 😂🙌


8 posted on 05/30/2022 12:54:32 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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“Could have some snow in the Sierras above ~6500 ft. We’ll take it.”

It snowed here in Longmont last week and we’re just at 5000’.


9 posted on 05/30/2022 12:55:38 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: carriage_hill

Skied some of the tall Vail/Keystone/Breckenridge ones before back surgery, neck surgery, ........


10 posted on 05/30/2022 12:57:25 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: BenLurkin

You can be the best climber in the world, and an avalanche can still get you.


11 posted on 05/30/2022 12:59:38 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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You can be the best climber in the world, and an avalanche can still get you.

Yep. I climbed extensively in Rocky Mountain National Park. This time of year is the time of heavy and wet snow. It could have happened in so many places.

12 posted on 05/30/2022 1:42:53 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: dljordan

Snow showers predicted for my area @ 9500 feet on June 1st.


13 posted on 05/30/2022 1:50:44 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

Well, 9500’ duh!


14 posted on 05/30/2022 2:02:36 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: rktman
- Winter like conditions? -

It's certainly possible. During basic at USAFA in the summer of '69 we got to spend some time in Rocky Mountain National Park. The group that went up the week before mine had to bail out early due to a freak snowstorm.

15 posted on 05/30/2022 2:17:14 PM PDT by ken in texas
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To: rktman
When I lived in the Cascades in Oregon in could be seventy-five
at 3PM and drop well below freezing by 3AM.
Temps would drop FAST too.

"Whoop - Sun just went down - close the windows and
start the woodstove..."

16 posted on 05/30/2022 3:33:22 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: rktman

Last Monday, there was still feet of snow & ice above 9000ft. Even with it being in the 40s at 9500ft (where I was) and deep snow and ice. At 13000 in late May? Yeah, winter-like conditions in late spring.

It’s called the mountains, and not global warming.

Your ignorance and lack of research is showing.


17 posted on 05/30/2022 3:39:33 PM PDT by Maigrey (Words mean things & words have power. Wield it responsibly.)
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To: Maigrey

Excuse me? Guess i forgot the sarc tag.


18 posted on 05/30/2022 3:40:53 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: carriage_hill

Yep I was in the French Alps and they have a gondola ride which takes you up to around 12,000 ft There is a complex up at the top there and just climbing some steps winded me.


19 posted on 05/30/2022 6:01:57 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38
All mountains should have towns with "O2 Bars" to stop at, and get re-winded. Heh.
20 posted on 05/30/2022 7:33:25 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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