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unusual facts about The Descent



Brendan Foley

In 2006/7 Foley wrote and directed Legend of the Bog, a satirical horror film set in rural Ireland, starring Jones, Jason Barry (Titanic) and Nora Jane Noone (The Descent).


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2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident

Wesche, who had slipped out of her seat during the descent and became disoriented from the incident, received an X-ray and other examinations at Toho University Hospital.

Agpeya

Terce (9 a.m.) reminds us of three events, Christ’s trial by Pilate, his ascension to the heavens and the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples at Pentecost.

Alids

Genealogoical chart of the descent from the Prophet of the Idrisid dynasty, rulers of Fez and Morocco, Kings of Tunis, and the Senussi dynasty, founders and heads of the Libyan Senussi Order and Kings of Libya are also descended from the other brother Hasan ibn Ali through Al Hassan Addakhil.

Baumgartenschneid

The climb to the summit is a straightforward mountain walk, taking 2 hours to ascend the 700 metres from Tegernsee and 1½ hours for the descent.

Descendants of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon

The Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt connection also provides the descent of Albert II, Prince of Monaco from Isabella I and Ferdinand II.

Digitoxin

Digitoxin is used as the murder weapon in Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death, Elizabeth Peters' Die For Love and CSI, season 9, episode 19: "The Descent of Man".

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Capriani made some engravings, including "The Death of Cleopatra," after Benvenuto Cellini; "The Descent of the Holy Ghost," after Gabbiani; and portraits for Thomas Hollis's memoirs, 1780.

Grand Pilier d'Angle

The first ascent from the valley was by James Eccles with guides Michel Payot and Alphonse Payot on 30 July 1877 during an ascent of the Peuterey ridge, although the summit had been visited on 20 August 1822 by F. Clissold with guides J. M. Couttet, M. Bossonney, D. Couttet, P. Favret and J. B. Simond on the descent from their first ascent of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur.

Houghton, Cambridgeshire

He was a relative of Edward Whymper who led the first ascent of the Matterhorn, in which members of the team (including schoolboy Douglas Hadow died during the descent under what some consider controversial circumstances.

Kapila

Kapila is a major figure in the story associated with the descent of the Ganges (Goddess Ganga) river from heaven.

Melchior Neumayr

His more detailed researches related to the Jurassic and Cretaceous Ammonites and to the Tertiary freshwater mollusca; and in these studies he sought to trace the descent of the species.

Moorside Edge

It is the steeply sloping area of moorland being the descent from the relatively flat summit of Pole Moor into the valley of the River Colne.

Nairo Quintana

He held on to his solo lead in the descent leading to Morzine.

Phoenix Row

Opened in 1825, a stationary beam engine controlled the descent of wagons that ran from the colliery to the River Gaunless.

Prathyaksham

Prathyaksham (Sanskrit:प्रत्यक्षं) is indicative of the descent of god appearing for his worshippers and devotees.

Raghuvanshi

Sagara, a king who was tricked by Indra into a conflict with the sage Kapila, leading to the death of his 60,000 sons, the descent of the Ganges to earth, and his sons' revival

Scream of Stone

The movie has elements drawn from the history of the supposed first conquest of the summit of Cerro Torre in 1959, by the Italian climber Cesare Maestri and his partner, the Austrian Toni Egger, who died during the descent.

Stephen Venables

During the descent from Panch Chuli V Venables broke both his legs in a fall, when an abseil anchor failed; thanks to his Indian and British team mates and the Indian Air Force, he was rescued.

Teleboard

It was the first Teleboard to make the descent of Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine.

U.S. Route 97

The small community of Mount Hebron follows the descent from the summit, but is located a couple miles east of the highway.

Viveiro

The city is also home to processions such as the Encounter that show the Calvary of Christ with religious images, the Unnailed and St. Funeral that show the descent of the Cross to continue with the procession of St. Funeral, the Last Supper with the pasos of the supper, Horto, Ecce Homo, the Nazarene and the Virgin of the Dolores- Sufferings, the Passion, the Seven Words, the Piety and the Virgin on foot of the Cross, a silent procession.