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Avalanche — Mount Washington, Mar 1, 2013

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24-year-old medical student from Boise, ID (attending Columbia)

James 'Jimmy' Watts, 24, an experienced mountaineer and former president of the Harvard Mountaineering Club, was solo and unroped ice climbing Pinnacle Gully on March 1, 2013 when he triggered a slab avalanche. Per WMNF spokeswoman Tiffany Benna, the avalanche pushed Watts 1,000 feet down Huntington Ravine. An emergency room physician who was also climbing in the area found him more than 1,000 feet below the gully around 3 p.m. and, per WMNF Lead Snow Ranger Chris Joosen, 'checked for vital signs... but found none.'

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