Huascaran 2020

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Re: Huascaran 2020

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dereferenced wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:38 am
Scott P wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:49 pm Huascaran has killed more people than any other non-volcanic mountain, but a lot of those weren't climbers of course.
RIP whole town of Yungay.
Also Ranrahirca and Huarascucho in 1962.

Yungay was destroyed in 1970 and they thought it was in a safer location.
I'm old, slow and fat. Unfortunately, those are my good qualities.
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