A 53-year-old climber from Tarragona dies when she was dragged by an avalanche in Georgia when she practiced mountain skiing

A 53-year-old woman from Tarragona died this Wednesday by an avalanche when she was practicing mountain skiing with five other people, who have been unharmed, in Usghuli...

The author does not name her protagonist, but because of the surprising role she plays – taking care of the immensity of a mountain – she is referred to as “the mountaineer” or, more purely, “the woman”. Her mission, exceptional and paradoxical, is based on “repeating a gesture” and “doing it without waiting for anything”, so she notes in the notebooks where she records the daily trajín, where she also recalls her childhood and the cruelty of a …

Criminal law in Italy has its own criminal offence, which is listed in the Criminal Code under Articles 426 and 449: Who triggers an avalanche grossly negligently and thereby endangers public security must expect up to 5 years imprisonment. In case of intentional action even up to 12 years. But what exactly is a "lavine" in the criminal sense? And when is an area "anthropized", so strongly frequented by people that there is a risk potential? Bet…

A Catalan woman has died trapped by an avalanche while skiing in Georgia. She was part of an expedition with at least five other people from Catalonia. The victim is a 53-year-old woman from the Jungle of the Camp. The expedition went down in line through a mountainous area with lots of snow from Ushguli, in the area of Svanetia near the border with Russia. Three of the skiers were affected, one of them the fatal victim. The other two have alrea…

Five others, who were unharmed, were part of the expedition.

The victim practiced mountain skiing in Usghuli along with five other people, who were unharmed