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1 – Sluff Small snow slide that cannot bury a person, though there is a danger of falling. Unlikely, but possible risk of injury or death to people. length <50 m volume <100 m 3: 2 – Small Stops within the slope. Could bury, injure or kill a person. length <100 m volume <1,000 m 3: 3 – Medium Runs to the bottom of the slope.
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
Ski patrol, along with more than 100 Palisades Tahoe personnel and members of the public, helped search for people possibly buried in the snow, the resort said.
A massive debris avalanche, triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, caused a lateral eruption [6] that reduced the elevation of the mountain's summit from 9,677 to 8,363 ft (2,950 to 2,549 m), leaving a 1 mile (1.6 km) wide horseshoe-shaped crater. [7] The debris avalanche was 0.6 cubic miles (2.5 km 3) in volume. [8]
Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. This tends to include mountains with technical rope access issues, snow, avalanches, ice, crevasses, glaciers, alpine environments and high ...
Fire officers and vets were called in to help rescue a horse stuck in a gap [CFRS] A wall has had to be dismantled to rescue a horse that got itself wedged in a narrow gap next to a building.
Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau between the Himalayan mountains to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. In geology and physical geography, a plateau (/ p l ə ˈ t oʊ, p l æ ˈ t oʊ, ˈ p l æ t oʊ /; French:; pl.: plateaus or plateaux), [1] [2] also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the ...
Crevasse rescue (or crevasse-extraction) is a set of techniques in mountaineering where climbers use their equipment to pull a climber, who has just fallen into a crevasse, to safety. [1] Crevasse rescue is considered a core skill set in alpine climbing, but difficult to do efficiently. [1] [2] It is typically encountered by rope teams on ...