The deadliest avalanche in history buried 43 climbers at Lenin Peak (video)
On July 13, 1990, A deep earthquake loosed a fatal serac, causing an avalanche that killed all but two of forty-five climbers camped beneath it.
Lenin Peak, a 7,134-meter-high mountain in northeast Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, was the former USSR's tallest mountain and became known as the "easiest" 7,000-meter mountain to climb. — Read the rest
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