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There may be one more death accident in the sking world

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Dallan!
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Swedish Adventurer/Skier/Climber Tomas Olsson are missing after Trying to ski down the north face of Mt.Everest the 16/5.

He disapeared after they tryed to climb down a 40-50 meter drop, He fell when there was about 10 meters left and continued to fall in the steep terrain.

May 18 2006 7:01AM
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rupert_pupkin
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doesn´t sound good
May 18 2006 7:02AM
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Dallan!
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http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php?id=2040
There you have a picture of where he fell, no it doesnt look good at all if you look at that face.
May 18 2006 7:06AM
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fouldsys
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o man i hope they find him
May 18 2006 7:12AM
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180FSscratch
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damn props tho thats a huge step in skiing
May 18 2006 8:11AM
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r.w
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holy crap, i hope they find him
May 18 2006 8:39AM
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Rosbif
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He needs a 'touching the void' style miracle! Lets hope he gets it.
May 18 2006 8:41AM
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ski_cartel
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man thats intense, hope he makes it
May 18 2006 11:06AM
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*rkp*
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or whats left of him..... :S
May 18 2006 2:04PM
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skiierman
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Wow, that is intense stuff... I really hope he turns out ok.
May 18 2006 2:10PM
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CooksCorner
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I am not trying to sound like a dick but you guys are dreaming, this man is gone. Everest is to powerful and to cold to offer forgiveness.
May 18 2006 3:08PM
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deathcookie
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that sux
May 18 2006 3:09PM
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jns^
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^^ yeah i think he's gone to, but i hope they will find his body for his family! luckily there are two more swedes(who succesfully skied the north face of everest the same day) there to help his friends with the search.
May 18 2006 3:12PM
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timmi
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that is horrable news.
May 18 2006 3:49PM
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CKpolicy
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that would be fucking terrifying.
May 18 2006 5:36PM
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4frntSkier
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that sucks
i wanna ski everest
May 18 2006 5:42PM
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Holte
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mountaineering is inherently dangerous. Skiing the Norton Couloir is inherently suicide. And it sounds like their summit assault didn't go very well in the first place.
May 18 2006 5:49PM
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jns^
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unless you havent heard already, they found him dead about 2000 metres down. The believe he died from the damage he got during the fall. R.I.P Tomas
May 23 2006 8:33AM
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skiinscotland
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i thinks its 80& of mountainering accidents happen on the decent
May 23 2006 9:38AM
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Woodland
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so many serious accedents happenign at the moment. I mean D spong he was looked so promising befo he got cut down and like Cr. Is getting so intense at pro level now that its a bit scary, makes great ski films and bad ass accedents. I mean like wilson was given a whole segment in yearbook for his crash. I mean for the time that was so bad. But nowerdays the crashes are so bad.

Manditory gaps look sweet but they are so dangerous. And the bigger we go the more people get hurt.

But its always sad to see another one go
May 23 2006 10:35AM
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AKoblitz
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wow
May 23 2006 11:33AM
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JoakimHayland
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They have found his body at 6700 meters, he fell at 8500 meters, they think that he died on the fall

This year is no good for our sport..

Rest in peace Tomas Olsson.
May 23 2006 1:52PM
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flatspinblunt
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It looks like a few others died the same week, making it 3 in that short period alone....http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060523/ap_on_re_as/everest_deaths;_ylt=AhaIVDrhGGB6pJhOrTJwYaKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-
May 23 2006 2:00PM
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BkCountrySkrMO2
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RIP
May 23 2006 2:22PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Tragic year for skiing...
May 23 2006 7:33PM
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LOVEPOW
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RIP
May 23 2006 8:15PM
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DrewR.
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true dat
May 23 2006 8:15PM
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