There's a Clinique counter near the summit of K2. K2 needs a new name. It sounds like a keyboard command. Indians and Pakistanis shoot at each other a lot. It's kind of stupid to climb a mountain near which Indians and Pakistanis shoot at each other a lot.
Explosions cause avalanches, but only from a distance.
When you put an explosive device on top of a snow cave, it creates a nice, tidy hole without imperiling the occupants below. When you die of exposure, your frozen body ends up looking like a Macy's mannequin. Improperly stored nitroglycerine causes explosions, which in turn causes avalanches. As we slowly cruise the nearly deserted streets, retracing last night's steps, I smile.