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Thin climbers 16-Jul-2008 At 9:03:44 PM wollemi

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Interesting story linked from the same page;

Snowstorm turns Alpine race into battle for survival

Survivors of a disastrous Alpine race which ended with the deaths of two runners have spoken of how participants crawled through a snowstorm on their hands and knees and wept with exhaustion during the run up Germany's highest mountain.

State prosecutors in Bavaria are investigating the organisers of the 10-mile race almost to the top of the 9,500ft-high Zugspitze mountain after two men, aged 45 and 41, collapsed and died from exposure and exhaustion when the race was hit by the violent storm at the weekend.

"For the first time I experienced what happens when your body will not respond to what the head is trying to make it do. I never imagined that the wind could have that effect on a human body."

"On an extreme mountain marathon like this, it's a case of every man for himself," said Andrea Haündel, of the German Mountaineering Club.