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2003 Tatra Mountains Avalanche
The 2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche was an avalanche that occurred on 28 January 2003, sweeping away nine out of a thirteen-member group heading to the summit of Rysy in the Tatra Mountains. The participants of the trip were students from the in Tychy and individuals associated with the school's sports club ''Pion''. On 28 October 2010, the film ' premiered, based on the events of 2003. Avalanche A group of youths consisting of 20 high school students and one 22-year-old student from Tychy arrived at the mountain hut at Morskie Oko on 27 January 2003. The organizer and guide of the tragically ended expedition, as well as one of the two group supervisors, was Mirosław Szumny, a geography teacher and head of the school's sports club ''Pion'', who had previously taken students on mountain trips multiple times but did not have formal qualifications to lead them. At the mountain hut, Szumny spoke with the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue worker , who – as stated in a letter to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
