icefall

• “The icefall was a maze of crevasses and teetering seracs.”

  The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told

• “The icefall created waves as tall as 11.5 feet, which swept up and down the lake for 30 minutes.”

  The Washington Post: Quake in New Zealand kills at least 65, traps more; shears ice from glacier

• “Keith documented the icefall that claimed one of the Sherpas.”

  Scott's Excellent Adventure - NASA Watch

• “But this year, the route drawn by icefall doctors crossed very near the west shoulder which held an enormous cliff of seracs ready to collapse at any time.”

  Interview with Eugene Constant: Turning Back from Everest « Climber &Laquo; Everest 2010 « Mt. Everest 2010 Season Coverage – Comments Page 1

• “Every now and then I could hear a big chunk of icefall breaking off a serac to our right and crashing down the mountain in the dark.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Nature for the Great Outdoors

• “It is hard to believe standing here high in the Khumbu icefall that a glacier like this could simply disappear.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009

• “It is a huge and slow-moving river of ice, but on a slope this steep where a river will become a waterfall, the glacier becomes an icefall.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009

• “DAWA STEVEN, MOUNTAINEER: We are in the middle of the icefall.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009

• “If the melting continues climbing, this icefall may no longer be an option.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2009

• “The decent at night became more difficult and this is when the tragedy struck in the form of icefall, which swept away the fixed ropes at about a height of 8200 meters.”

  11 Climbers Killed in Hill Expedition to 2nd Highest Peak of the World

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