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Hell's Gate
Mtafiti
#1 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 9:23:38 AM
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Sad.Sad Pray

Was there recently for the first...and last time..
sparkly
#2 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 12:41:57 PM
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Mtafiti wrote:
Sad.Sad Pray

Was there recently for the first...and last time..


Were you promised heaven but ended up at hell's gate Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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Angelica _ann
#3 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 12:54:54 PM
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sparkly wrote:
Mtafiti wrote:
Sad.Sad Pray

Was there recently for the first...and last time..


Were you promised heaven but ended up at hell's gate Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


He is referring to what happened at Hell's Gate jana - mud/land slide that killed 6+++ people, others injured.
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
muandiwambeu
#4 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 2:36:49 PM
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Angelica _ann wrote:
sparkly wrote:
Mtafiti wrote:
Sad.Sad Pray

Was there recently for the first...and last time..


Were you promised heaven but ended up at hell's gate Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


He is referring to what happened at Hell's Gate jana - mud/land slide that killed 6+++ people, others injured.

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!
smile If you can in the flimsiest of detail describe hell's gate, then you ought to know:
1. You have been to hell and back.
2. You are a royal servent/ employed angel of hell
3.You are a hitched sinner and serving your term in hell.
What reports are our brothers and sisters making of their attempt on it.Pray
,Behold, a sower went forth to sow;....
wukan
#5 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 3:36:39 PM
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Like in all horror movies some moved to the exits and some stayed put. The ones who stayed put survived. Darwin's theory of natural selection. RIP

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“We started hearing noise from the upper side of the gorges and thought it was from the geothermal wells. It became louder and louder and our guide told us to move up the walls as he suspected flash floods were on the way,” he said.

“Within less than two minutes, water started flowing through the dry gorges. A minute later, our feet were inside a furious river flowing at supersonic speed. We climbed higher and only prayed that the water levels wouldn’t get where we were,” said Ohola.

Ohola added that as heavy rains started pounding the park, the other visitors they had left behind joined them as they took shelter under the canopy of the gorges.

“They joined us making a group of twelve people. We were taking shelter in a very uncomfortable position. There was not enough ground to step on. Though we didn’t know each other, we held hands together to avoid falling into the waters,” he said.

As the water levels rose, the group started moving towards an escape route during which a tragedy struck.
“All of us were terrified and were trembling as we walked towards an exit. A woman who was at the tail end slipped and fell into the waters. The next thing I saw five people being washed away by the waters. It happened so fast that we couldn’t save them,” he recounted.

On seeing the turn of events, the survivors stayed put on one location fearing that they too would slip into the river beneath their feet.
“Among those who joined us, only a foreign tourist, her daughter and their driver survived. We stayed trapped in one location for more than an hour until the waters subsided,” he told the Standard.


https://www.standardmedi...trapped-in-deadly-gorges
KulaRaha
#6 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 3:59:37 PM
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That place badly needs some built up entry/exit paths. Issue is KWS are too daft to do anything.
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Gathige
#7 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 4:33:05 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
That place badly needs some built up entry/exit paths. Issue is KWS are too daft to do anything.



Too sad that it has occurred before with higher number of casualties and no safety mitigation measures have ever been put by KWS. Simple layered steps above the flood levels would have saved lives.

"Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe
Mtafiti
#8 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 5:02:01 PM
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Our Maasai guide, upon seeing a dark cloud towards the North warned us to hurry out from the so called 'devil's bedroom'towards the main canyon. While rushing out,other tourists heading towards us had to turn back upon some pleading. At some point, we had to lift some ladies to descend some high points. The guide looked worried of our slow pace. Immeadiately upon exit, flood water was gushing noisely inside the deep canyon, under bright sun shine. Gathered that it rained around longonot area. Lucky day.
murchr
#9 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 5:18:56 PM
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This is just an example of sheer incompetence. There was a forecast that it was going to rain, why didnt they stop the gorge tours?
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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madollar
#10 Posted : Monday, September 02, 2019 5:31:44 PM
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