The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India

Re:The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India by jlgreco on Monday May 27, 2013 @02:44AM (#5773706)

9"/23cm hail would do you in pretty quick I would think. Even using my entire forearms I can only manage to partially cover my whole head. You'd be better off dropping down into the fetal position but if all the injuries were to the top of the head then it sounds like they didn't do that (maybe it started too quickly).

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Re:The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India by vacri on Monday May 27, 2013 @05:37AM (#5774041)

These people were travellers, not joggers. They likely would have had some items with which to shield their heads - packs, pans, spare heavy clothing. Perhaps they did, and there were more than 200 - the survivors making it of the pass.

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Re:The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India by roel_v on Monday May 27, 2013 @04:32AM (#5773904)

I think the comments to the article draw the correct conclusion - the author mixed up circumference with diameter, and the hail would have been 'only' 3 inches. Still pretty deadly, but not quite as terrifying as being bombarded with rock-hard soccer balls.

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Re:The Skeleton Lake of Roopkund, India by ekianjo on Monday May 27, 2013 @09:33PM (#5777507)

Wow, mixing up circumference and diameter is pretty bad journalistic mistake.

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