Comments by "Nicholas Conder" (@nicholasconder4703) on "The Cold War" channel.

17:50 It would not have needed to be what we consider to be an avalanche. Not a wall of snow barreling down the slope, but rather a relatively small slab of compacted snow. When they pitched their tent on the slope, they cut out the snow to create a flat area to pitch the tent on. This created a deep notch in the slope. The "avalanche" would have been a block of snow (probably a 3 m wide by 3 m long by 1 metre high = 9 cubic metres) detaching from the slope above the tent, falling into the notch and dropping onto the hikers. A cubic metre/yard of snow weighs a fair bit (50 kg), so a "small" slab of compacted snow weighing around 450 kg (around 990 lbs) dropping on a tent would do a lot of damage. Think of it this way, imagine the effect of dropping about 50kg (110lbs) from a height of 1-2 metres (3-6 ft) onto someone in a tent. They would have been trapped under the snow in a collapsed tent, so the only way to get out would be to cut the tent. This had the effect of destroying their protection from the cold. It is unlikely they would have been able to find their gear in the tent, and would have been afraid that more of the slope could detach and form a full-sized avalanche. The rest of what happened was probably due in part to panic and effects of hypothermia affecting their ability to make appropriate decisions.
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I have seen a couple of videos discussing this war, and they producers of the videos suggest that Putin is following the doctrine of "Russkiy Mir" as outlined in Dugin's "Foundations of Geopolitics". I know that Putin's speech from a couple of days before the war started could have been lifted right out of the pages of the latter. As are his actions. I am wondering what your views are on this.
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@mwont 1) It is a gentle slope, so cutting the notch would have seemed safe, 2) People make mistakes, especially if they are tired, hungry, and cold, and 3) The Swiss replicated this exact same scenario.
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Yes, so much for the excuse that Ukraine was joining NATO.
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@falconmclenny7284 Well, I would disagree that "collectivism in any form is evil" - you might want to talk to the 12 Apostles about that one (Acts 2: 42-47). Then again, in their case, it was voluntary, not forced by armed individuals However, I completely agree with you that communism and any form of extremist socialism will never work. For the same reason the Apostles had issues with the early Christian community - human nature. Any system that ignores base human nature will fail.
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@silentbliss7666 Considering that westerners and independent investigators have been to the site and looked at it, I think it is likely the photos are authentic.
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@rumo893 I think he does, especially if you look at "Foundations of Geopolitics". It's scary stuff. Here are a few gems from this according to Wikipedia: Finland should be absorbed into Russia. Southern Finland will be combined with the Republic of Karelia and northern Finland will be "donated to Murmansk Oblast". Estonia should be given to Germany's sphere of influence. Latvia and Lithuania should be given a "special status" in the Eurasian–Russian sphere, although he later writes that they should be integrated into Russia. Belarus and Moldova are to become part of Russia. Poland should be granted a "special status" in the Eurasian sphere. Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia, "Serbian Bosnia" and Greece – "Orthodox collectivist East" – will unite with "Moscow the Third Rome" and reject the "rational-individualistic West". Ukraine should be annexed by Russia because "Ukraine as a state has no geopolitical meaning, no particular cultural import or universal significance, no geographic uniqueness, no ethnic exclusiveness, its certain territorial ambitions represents an enormous danger for all of Eurasia and, without resolving the Ukrainian problem, it is in general senseless to speak about continental politics". Ukraine should not be allowed to remain independent, unless it is cordon sanitaire, which would be inadmissible. I think you can already see some of this happening in Ukraine and Belarus right now, plus that little tidbit that Lukashenko gave us (perhaps accidentally) with regards to Moldova. Also explains why he is annoyed with Finland joining NATO (and why Finland is suddenly determined to join NATO). It also explains why he told NATO to pull out of Eastern Europe as well - he wants if for a new Greater Russia.
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