A summary of the Spanish Highs Patagonian Icecap Expedition 2010 which has just returned from Argentina. We must have upset the weather gods. Unlike previous trips, this time Patagonia threw everything it had as us weather wise. Like other Argentine groups we sat for 3 or more days at La Playita campsite waiting for our [...]
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An experienced 50 year old mountaineer lost his life on Sunday after slipping and falling in the Corral del Veleta area in the Sierra Nevada. The man who was a resident of Granada, was rescued early morning yesterday by the Mountain Rescue and Intervention (Sereim) of the Guardia Civil. The alert came when a fellow [...]
A 46 year old ski mountaineer was killed yesterday in the Sierra Nevada when he was caught in an avalanche and buried under 2m of snow. The accident happened on the western slopes near the Elorietta Hut. The snow conditions off piste in the Sierra Nevada are dangerous at present. Heavy snowfall last weekend overlays [...]
