5 h. ago British climber killed in avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall in Norway

The man and a friend had attempted The Gausta Marathon, a frozen waterfall slope close to Rjukan

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6 h. ago British climber is killed by avalanche while climbing frozen waterfall in Norway

The man, who has not been identified, died while scaling one of the three frozen Gaustatoppfossen waterfalls on the Gaustatoppen mountain in Telemark, in the southeast of Norway, on Friday.

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10 h. ago British climber dies while descending Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu

Man, in his 70s, found unconscious short distance from summit

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12 h. ago British climber killed in horror avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall with friend

His body was recovered yesterday and his pal - a man in his 30s - was airlifted to hospital by helicopter but his injuries were not believed to be life threatening

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14 h. ago Brit climber killed in horror avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall with friend

The intrepid pair, who have not been identified, tackled the icy slope of frozen falls dubbed The Gausta Marathon in Norway but tragedy struck as a wall of ice and snow thundered into them

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22 h. ago Brit, 70, dies after climbing to the top of 13,500ft Malaysian mountain

An elderly British climber has tragically died after successfully climbing to the top of Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu. 

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64 h. ago Avalanches in western US claim more lives in recent weeks including a weekend death in Colorado

One person has been killed in a weekend avalanche in Colorado

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4 d. ago Snowboarder killed in fourth avalanche death in the West this week

Colorado snowboarder was killed in powerful snow slide near Silverton while a partner skiing with her survived

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4 d. ago Snowboarder killed in Colorado avalanche in 4th slide death in West this week

A snowboarder has been killed in an avalanche in the mountains of southwestern Colorado

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5 d. ago Ski shop heir and his wife killed in horror avalanche that pummeled two states

Terance Skjersaa, 57, and Susan Skjersaa, 52, of Bend, died on Monday while snowmobiling in Happy Valley in the Deschutes National Forest after being buried under an avalanche.

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6 d. ago The names of 2 backcountry skiers killed by an Oregon avalanche have been released

Sheriff's officials have released the names of two backcountry skiers who were killed by an avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains

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7 d. ago 2 people killed in Oregon avalanche near a snowmobile trail, authorities say

Search and rescue crews have recovered the bodies of two people buried in an avalanche near a snowmobile trail in Oregon

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