1974 Peak Lenin tragedy

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HikerGuy
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1974 Peak Lenin tragedy

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Well written article with some cool old photos. Had not heard of this incident before, interesting read.

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/01 ... -spt-intl/
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Re: 1974 Peak Lenin tragedy

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that is a sad story

but also pretty cool graphics for that article - I've never seen anything like that.
Keep looking up - Jack Horkheimer
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