7 Feb
2003
7 Feb
'03
12:52 a.m.
When I was a kid, I tried and tried to make an igloo of packed cubes of
snow. I never could get one finished as once the walls started to curve
I couldn't get the layers to stick long enough to close the thing up and
complete it. An igloo is a very stable structure, but a half-finished
one isn't at all stable...
I've run a few over with the snowmobile in frustration.
Regards,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Hans Franke
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:21 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: OT Avalanches (was: Columbia)
> Along the same lines; 7 school-kids on a ski
outing were
> killed by an avalanche in the Canadian rockies the same
> day. CBC-TV jumped all over the Columbia event and ran
> continuous coverage of the Columbia relegating the
> avalanche victims to regular news coverage.
I heard about the Avalanche, but I didn't think
all the kids died.
Unless, maybe the total number of kids was more than seven. I didn't
really pay much attention, since it was someone else's local news, and
I
was interested in hearing about national news..... the
Columbia.
Yesterday 4 snowboarders, which where missing afer an avalanche
in the French Alps where rescued. They survived in a self made
igloo in 2150m (~7000ft) for 4 days.
Grus
H.
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