Mt. Baker Fatal avalanche.

The local Fox news station reported a fatal avalanche this morning involving a person carrying a snowboard. The report said that the individual was swept over a fifteen foot cliff when the avalanche struck. No other details are known, and no one is in the NWAC at this time. <br><br>Everyone be carefull out there.

Amen to that. On Red Mt yesterday (just wrote a TR) my partner started a small sluff that propagated into a large wet slide with awesome power. We were safely above it but it was much different than the wet sluffs I am used to seeing that move slowly. <br><br>My condolences to the friends & family of the person that lost their life.

That is bad news.  Here is a link to a note in the Seattle Times (very brief). sounds like the boarder was up by the ski area 'out-of-bounds,' not actually "on Mt. Baker":<br><br> seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews...6_websnowbody27.html

Jimjar:<br>Pardon my insatiable curiosity, but are you the original poster of this information, or are you merely quoting him without attribution?  <br><br> www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19210 <br><br>Edited for clarity.

Are you refering to my post markharf? Who is quoting who without attribution? <br><br>The double-quoted phrase "on Mt. Baker" is from the Seattle Times news clip. You will notice at the end of the snippet, Austin Pass is mentioned.<br><br>The single-quoted 'out-of-bounds' is single-quoted to distinguish it as not being an actual quote, as I would have double-quoted it had it been so, and it is single-quoted as such to signify 'out-of-bounds' as an imaginary entity, defined only in relation to not being in-bounds (such that 'out-of-bounds' in truth implies the entire universe as it exists outside of the ski area, but in practice used to describe only backcountry areas near the ski area).<br>

Sorry, Username; I've edited my post to make it clear my question was aimed at the original poster, who appears to be quoting Gary Brill (see the link I supplied in my post). <br><br>You are correct that the AP hasn't grasped the distinction between the Mt. Baker Ski Area and the stratovolcano for which it is named, and you are to be commended for your very admirable attention to the correct placement of the correct varieties of quotation marks. <br><br>I hope that sets things straight.<br><br>Enjoy,<br><br>Mark