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Old Jan 21, 2008, 6:49 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ChileMass View Post
Apparently the climber is a Maine native and quite well-experienced in the the Whites, so this shows it could happen to anybody.
Indeed. And while this could also have happened at a lower avalanche danger rating, the danger rating was "High" according to this report:
http://www.tuckerman.org/accident/20072008.htm
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