Mountaineering-Dangers(GigiChow)

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  1. avalanche
    a slide of large masses of snow, ice and mud down a mountain
    A village in northern Badakhshan Province was covered by an avalanche last week, killing at least 50 people.
  2. glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
    Similar sequences, on a larger scale, show glaciers moving, rivers thawing and the Greenland ice sheet melting in the spring.
  3. blizzard
    a weather event with widespread snowfall and strong winds
    Now conditions were worse than usual owing to the increasing violence of the blizzard.
  4. exertion
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
    At length, weary with exertion, he fell asleep in his chair.
  5. hazard
    an unpredictable phenomenon that causes a certain result
    I resolved to try an escape at all hazards.
  6. drown
    kill by submerging in water
    Two young men were drowned in the harbour before the very eyes of horror-stricken spectators.
  7. altitude sickness
    effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes
    In many cases, the symptoms of altitude sickness are mild and dissipate after a few days.
  8. storm
    a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning
    Nothing could look more bleak and melancholy while the storm continued.
  9. blindness
    the state of being blind or lacking sight
    Nuova realized this and so became bolder by his blindness.
  10. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
    She went on again, but after a few steps she felt an earthquake.
Created on Thu Mar 29 20:24:07 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Mar 29 20:24:48 EDT 2012)

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