Thanks for the additional info, I've incorporated the avalanche data into the text. Your link to the movie didn't work. There are several movies of the same title according to IMDB. Did you mean the one with Mathiew Broderick?
Don
mpaul_hansen - Sep 29, 2004 3:02 am - Hasn't voted
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Whitehorse Mtn - added info ...
Believe a scene of Whitehorse Mtn from the US film "War Games" was shown, but gave film viewers the false impression that the rugged landscape was from Colorado, USA, not the N. Cascades of Washington, USA.
The CAG - Cascade Alpine Guide - warns rightly of avalanche danger. A 1970 spring-time ascent could have been tragic. A 0.4 meter slab cut loose after it was traversed [when ascending]. When descending the slide path was noted and all concluded; anyone on that slope during the slide would have been hurled over the lower cliff area.
Thanks for the additional info, I've incorporated the avalanche data into the text. Your link to the movie didn't work. There are several movies of the same title according to IMDB. Did you mean the one with Mathiew Broderick?
The movie scene showing Whitehorse Mtn in the background was very brief. The foreground shot was of a main character in the movie, making a call from a phone booth. The phone booth, now removed, was several miles west of Darrington, WA., on the south side of the paved highway - SR 530.
If more information about the movie [depicited a false warning at NORAD of a nuclear attack ] is verified; will certainly forward this via another post.
Just a note that the Bulgarian hermit of legend was arrested back around 1998 for a high number of burglaries around southwest Darrington area. His name was Mincio Vasilev Donciev and he was a convicted murderer who had also tried to kill his ex-girlfriend in King County. Here's a decent article about the situation and his capture. http://klipsun.wwu.edu/archives/sept98/Bulgarian.html
Sadly the police dog that bit him ended up loosing his job because of it. Unjustly in my opinion because, from what I have been told, Donciev had a pistol at the time of his capture and was actively fighting with the arresting Deputies.
Don Nelsen - Sep 30, 2004 5:54 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks for the additional info, I've incorporated the avalanche data into the text. Your link to the movie didn't work. There are several movies of the same title according to IMDB. Did you mean the one with Mathiew Broderick?
Don
mpaul_hansen - Sep 29, 2004 3:02 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentWhitehorse Mtn - added info ...
Believe a scene of Whitehorse Mtn from the US film "War Games" was shown, but gave film viewers the false impression that the rugged landscape was from Colorado, USA, not the N. Cascades of Washington, USA.
The CAG - Cascade Alpine Guide - warns rightly of avalanche danger. A 1970 spring-time ascent could have been tragic. A 0.4 meter slab cut loose after it was traversed [when ascending]. When descending the slide path was noted and all concluded; anyone on that slope during the slide would have been hurled over the lower cliff area.
Don Nelsen - Sep 30, 2004 5:54 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks for the additional info, I've incorporated the avalanche data into the text. Your link to the movie didn't work. There are several movies of the same title according to IMDB. Did you mean the one with Mathiew Broderick?
Don
mpaul_hansen - Oct 2, 2004 1:45 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled Commentfollowup - from MPaul_Hansen
The movie scene showing Whitehorse Mtn in the background was very brief. The foreground shot was of a main character in the movie, making a call from a phone booth. The phone booth, now removed, was several miles west of Darrington, WA., on the south side of the paved highway - SR 530.
If more information about the movie [depicited a false warning at NORAD of a nuclear attack ] is verified; will certainly forward this via another post.
Yours Truly
MPaul_Hansen
ThorsChosen - Feb 22, 2014 7:59 am - Hasn't voted
Bulgarian HermitJust a note that the Bulgarian hermit of legend was arrested back around 1998 for a high number of burglaries around southwest Darrington area. His name was Mincio Vasilev Donciev and he was a convicted murderer who had also tried to kill his ex-girlfriend in King County. Here's a decent article about the situation and his capture. http://klipsun.wwu.edu/archives/sept98/Bulgarian.html
Sadly the police dog that bit him ended up loosing his job because of it. Unjustly in my opinion because, from what I have been told, Donciev had a pistol at the time of his capture and was actively fighting with the arresting Deputies.
Off topic from climbing but part of the history.
gimpilator - Mar 17, 2014 6:34 pm - Voted 10/10
LinksAlmost all the links on this page are dead.
davenose - Feb 7, 2017 1:47 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: LinksI was able to find what I think is the working current link, for the broken link in the "External Links" section:
http://www.mountainwerks.org/cma/2004/whitehorseg.html
gimpilator - Aug 5, 2017 12:26 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: LinksLooks like the webcam link got changed again.
Don Nelsen - Oct 1, 2017 2:53 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: LinksThanks for the note. I fixed a few things. dn