Thank you to Garvin Louie of Exeter, NH for sending me these links.
GORHAM, N.H. (AP) - Two climbers escaped serious injury when they were carried in an avalanche in the White Mountain's Tuckerman Ravine, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
The climbers, Tim Finocchio and Dan Zucker, had planned to access hiking trails to the summit of Mount Washington, then descend through Tuckerman Ravine. But suddenly the snow gave out.
"One ax was in the snow and I was about to swing the other ax, and everything around me just cracked," Zucker described.
Forest Service Snow Ranger Jeff Lane says the two were incredibly lucky -- they managed to pass through a rocky section unscathed and land on top of the snow in some trees Saturday.
Both were carried downhill over a small cliff and down a slope, and one seemed able to slow himself a bit.
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(April 15) - Twice in less than a minute, Daniel Zucker thought: "This is where I die."
An avalanche was carrying him and climbing partner Tim Finocchio 800 feet down the steep slope they had just scaled on New Hampshires Mount Washington, the Northeast's highest peak at 6,288 feet.
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