Avalanche Kills 2 Men on Mt. Washington
From Times Wire Reports
An avalanche on Mt. Washington slammed into a climbing party Friday, killing two men, officials said.
Seven men on a mountaineering and ice-climbing trip were swept 1,000 feet down Tuckerman Ravine just before 11:30 a.m., officials said.
Two of the buried men were killed, one managed to free himself and a fourth was hospitalized.
The 6,288-foot peak, the highest in the Northeast, has some of the world’s worst weather and is the site of the highest wind speed ever recorded -- 231 mph on April 12, 1934.
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