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[[Image:Kelly_James.png|thumb|Kelly James at the summit of [[Mount Rainier]]]] |
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'''Jeffrey Kelly James''' (February 2, 1958 – December 18, 2006) was one of three veteran mountain climbers who died on [[Mount Hood]] in December 2006 in an incident which received worldwide media coverage. |
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'''Runaway Pond''' was a [[lake]] at [[Glover, Vermont]]. |
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=== Hydrology === |
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James is a native of [[Dallas, Texas]] and a graduate of Texas Tech University in [[Lubbock, Texas]]. He was an accomplished landscape architect with his designs published in Metropolitan Home and Better Homes and Gardens.{{cn}} James was also an expert mountaineer with more than 25 years experience climbing mountains including Mount McKinley, the Eiger, Alpamayo along with guiding dozens of climbs on Mount Rainier. James resided in Dallas with his wife Karen James and four children. |
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On December 10, 2006, during his climb on Mount Hood, James made a cell phone call to his wife ([[Karen James]]) and two older sons telling them that he was trapped in a snow cave and his two climbing partners Brian Hall and Jerry “Nikko” Cooke had gone for help. For more than a week, fierce weather thwarted rescue attempts. Finally on December 17, 2006 rescue workers located James’ body in a snow cave, 300 feet below the summit. Before he died of hypothermia, James removed his glove and extended his ring finger with his signet JKJ ring prominently displayed as a signal to his family.{{cn}} |
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Info on water basins can be found at [http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_maps.cfm?PubID=2900 World resources Institute] (site is down; [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_maps.cfm?PubID=2900 archive]). Antarctic water basin information can be researched using USGS maps [http://usarc.usgs.gov/ant-ogc-viewer/viewer.htm] |
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== See also == |
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* [[Mount Hood#Incident history]] climbing incidents on Mount Hood, including a full description of this one |
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An engineer estimated that the pond must have contained 1.988 billion gallons of water.<ref name="KH200307">{{cite book | author = Boisvert, Jacques |title = Long Pond Lost! | publisher = The Kingdom Historical| year = July 2003}}</ref> |
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=== History === |
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On [[June 6]], [[1810]], workers intending to create a new outlet from Long Pond north to the [[Barton River]], instead, unintentionally caused the banks of the entire body of water to give way. This resulted in a flood throughout the Barton River Valley.<ref>An account of this incident appears, among other places, in an article in the June 1, 1810 issue of the journal ''American Register, or General Repository of History, Politics & Science'', pp. 160–161.</ref> |
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The valley drops 600 feet from Runaway Pond to [[Orleans, Vermont|Orleans]] for an average of about 40 feet per mile.<ref>http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf retrieved August 9, 2007</ref> The water ran out of the pond in 1 hour and 15 minutes, but the mud ran out for hours. The water reached [[Lake Memphremagog]] in 4 hours and reportedly raised the level there {{convert|1|ft|m|1}}. |
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The initial surge took trees with it, building up a logjam, stopping the flood temporarily until the water pressure behind the jam backed up, causing another breakthrough. This scenario kept recurring in the flood's progress down to Barton.<ref name="KH200307">{{cite book | author = Boisvert, Jacques |title = Long Pond Lost! | publisher = The Kingdom Historical| year = July 2003}}</ref> |
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The results of the flood can still be seen today in [[Barton (village), Vermont|the village of Barton]] and elsewhere in the Barton River valley. |
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One of the laborers, Spencer Chamberlain, ran ahead of the flood to warn people at the mill just in time to save their lives. In fact, no lives were lost. This heroic act is commemorated each year on Glover Day (the first day of August) by a road race following the path of the flood. |
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The wayward pond was forever after known as "Runaway Pond." |
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== Footnotes == |
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==External links== |
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* Alexander, Wayne ''Runaway Pond: The Complete Story; A Compendium of Resources''. The Glover Historical Society and The Little House Desktop Publishing, 2006. |
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* http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/OrleansGlover.html Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887 |
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Revision as of 23:04, 10 October 2008
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| Runaway Pond | |
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| Location | Glover, Vermont |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Max. width | .5 miles (0.8 km)+ |
| Average depth | 100 feet (30 m)+ |
| Surface elevation | 1,289 ft (393 m) |
Runaway Pond was a lake at Glover, Vermont.
Hydrology
An engineer estimated that the pond must have contained 1.988 billion gallons of water.[1]
History
On June 6, 1810, workers intending to create a new outlet from Long Pond north to the Barton River, instead, unintentionally caused the banks of the entire body of water to give way. This resulted in a flood throughout the Barton River Valley.[2]
The valley drops 600 feet from Runaway Pond to Orleans for an average of about 40 feet per mile.[3] The water ran out of the pond in 1 hour and 15 minutes, but the mud ran out for hours. The water reached Lake Memphremagog in 4 hours and reportedly raised the level there 1 foot (0.3 m).
The initial surge took trees with it, building up a logjam, stopping the flood temporarily until the water pressure behind the jam backed up, causing another breakthrough. This scenario kept recurring in the flood's progress down to Barton.[1]
The results of the flood can still be seen today in the village of Barton and elsewhere in the Barton River valley.
One of the laborers, Spencer Chamberlain, ran ahead of the flood to warn people at the mill just in time to save their lives. In fact, no lives were lost. This heroic act is commemorated each year on Glover Day (the first day of August) by a road race following the path of the flood.
The wayward pond was forever after known as "Runaway Pond."
Footnotes
- ^ a b Boisvert, Jacques (July 2003). Long Pond Lost!. The Kingdom Historical.
- ^ An account of this incident appears, among other places, in an article in the June 1, 1810 issue of the journal American Register, or General Repository of History, Politics & Science, pp. 160–161.
- ^ http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec//waterq/planning/docs/pl_basin17.assessment_report.pdf retrieved August 9, 2007
External links
- Alexander, Wayne Runaway Pond: The Complete Story; A Compendium of Resources. The Glover Historical Society and The Little House Desktop Publishing, 2006.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/OrleansGlover.html Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887
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