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Monday, September 24, 2012

Dead after an avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas


Several people have died and eight are missing after an avalanche sepultase them this Sunday at about 7,000 meters high Manaslu in the Nepalese Himalayas mountain, he told Efe an official source. The Spanish victim is the Barcelona Martí Gasull, founder of platform per la llengua. According to the spokesman of the nepali Ministry of tourism, Bal Krishna Ghimire, there are other two dead German-Nepalese citizenship, and the missing include seven French and one Canadian, adding that five climbers were rescued. The exact number of victims is unknown. The country's authorities confirm that they are at least nine. One of the helicopter pilots engaged in the work of rescue, Steven Bruce Bokan, said Efe that "a total of 11 bodies have been sent to the base camp" for him and his companions, and confirmed that the two who moved were Nepalese. The AFP Agency reported meanwhile that four of the dead were French.

There may be up to missing 38
In addition, Bokan revealed that the number of missing on the mountain - in the downtown district of Gorkha-could amount to up to 38, as explained you the charge of coordinating the tasks of rescue in the field base, Nima Sherpa. A member of the Agency of climbing Seven Summit, hired by the Spanish, provided more details about what happened and made to Efe that the climber is Barcelona and that climbing solo along with their Nepalese sherpa - which survived the avalanche and has been rescued. "(The Spanish alpinist) was in field II at 6,600 meters when the avalanche, which had originated at 7,400 meters in camp III, buried and your body may not be moved until tomorrow," said Yogendra Tamang, Seven Summit. The Manaslu mountain is the eighth highest in the world and according to sources of the Ministry of tourism, a total of 231 foreign mountaineers received permission to scale it during the fall season, which ends in November.

Spaniards killed in the Himalayas
The death of this Spanish in the Manaslu mountain, brings 25 the number of Spanish mountaineers who died in expeditions in the Asian mountain range. The first deceased Spanish - which is record - while climbing the Himalayas was Jordi Matas, who lost his life in 1971. The most serious incident suffered by Spanish climbers in these mountains occurred on 16 October 2001, were killed when five climbers swept away by an avalanche on Mount Pumori Nepal: los navarros Aritz Artieda, Javier Arkauz and César Nieto and Beñat Arrue gipuzkoans Iñaki Ayerza. Years earlier, on September 27, 1987, four Catalan climbers, Toni Sors, Segi staircase, French Porras and Antoni Quinones, were buried by an avalanche while they scaled Lhotse Shar (8,383 metres). Rescue teams may 1, 1990, found the bodies of three Spanish climbers, Myriam García, Eladio Jesús and Miguel Angel Lausín, who had lost contact with his Indian Guide four days earlier, when they went to the Mount Meru Nort (6.450 meters). Although most of the deaths were caused by accidents, in some cases were due to diseases that the altitude could cause or worsen, as happened to Juan Leza in 2001, suffering from a pulmonary edema caused by "altitude sickness". In 2008 another Spanish mountaineer, navarro Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, died also in Annapurna after five days at 7,400 meters affected by brain injury complicated by another lung. In 2010 he died in the same mountain the Majorcan Tolo Calafat. In addition to the Mountaineer died Sunday, in 2012 also killed Juan José Polo Carbayo, a Barcelona resident physician in Tenerife who, after making Summit on Everest, died on May 19 by exhaustion when he descended from the Chinese side at about 8,300 meters.

US teens (13) kill Grandma with axe


They are both only 13 years old look like Milchbubis. But these two should have committed a murder. Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape beat one with a hammer and an axe on Antonios grandmother. Brought to the old lady for some spare change, so the police. The incredible case: Two teenagers go into the House of Barbara Olson (died 78) by a non-locked Peter and smash her skull. The Milchbubi killer try to eliminate the body, come but only up in the garage. There they leave Olson Barbara j.. After the murder, escape the 13 year olds with Olsons car and go eat pizza. Their prey: Coins and some jewelry. Olsons daughter finds her dead mother two days later. The corpse lies in a large pool of blood. "This is a vile Act, an extremely violent crimes," Court spokeswoman Rebecca Persick said the newspaper "Sheboygan Press". Quickly, the police comes the young murderers on the Fletchers. Because: A witness is driving away the two guys with the car from the scene of the crime. Investigators find Olsons car near the pizzeria, it is not complete, is still the key. The police goes to the family of the House of Nathan Paape. During the interrogation, the Milchbubi breaks down and confesses everything. His version: His buddy Antonio have made the plan to kill his great-grandmother. He got the hatchet the hammer, Antonio. "The fact that they have eaten a pizza after the murder, shows their ruthlessness," said Prosecutor Joe DeCecco The process should now be made before an adult court the Milchbubis. Bar Beau lawyer fighting the teenager must answer before a juvenile court. The Milchbubis are sentenced to adult criminal law threatens them life. The bail for the two was set at one million dollars.