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We've started planning this winter's skiing. One of the plans includes
a 7 day stay in Kaprun, Austria, which should allow us to ski on slopes
starting at over 3000 m altitude and should cost about 1/3 the price of
a similar holiday in Romania.
As I was talking to Dani about the trip, and as he is inclined to
consider all possible risks involved, he mentioned something about the Kaprun disaster.
On November 11, 2000 a fire broke out in the tunnel of the funicular
train that took skiers up to the top of the Klitzsteinhorn glacier (the
over 3000m ski slope) and killed 155 people (practically everybody).
Although the troublesome tunnel is now closed I guess this adds to the "extreme sport index" of our trip.
A more detailed account can be found on the Wikipedia under Kaprun disaster
The event is also featured in National Geographic's 2004 Seconds from Disaster series.
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