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This is just breaking on ABC Nightly News and it's very sad news. The climber wasn't found alive. His body was found inside a second snow cave. The families were informed, but officials are still trying to determine which man was found.
Update: Here's the AP story.
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Comments (7)
This is a sad story for sur... (Below threshold)1. Posted by wavemaker | December 17, 2006 8:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This is a sad story for sure, but these folks know when they enter the woods that they're staring death in the face and accept it as a real possibility.
1. Posted by wavemaker | December 17, 2006 8:00 PM |
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Posted on December 17, 2006 20:00
2. Posted by PoliticalCritic | December 17, 2006 11:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's a very sad story, but I have faith that the two other climbers are still alive. If they got back to their gear and stayed put, there's a very good chance that they are still alive. The heroes that are the search team will find them!
2. Posted by PoliticalCritic | December 17, 2006 11:39 PM |
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Posted on December 17, 2006 23:39
3. Posted by epador | December 17, 2006 11:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The big storm is over and a big cold high is freezing our area. Mt Hood and the surrounding NW regularly claims folks who stray away from the protection of civilization. BTW wave, they were all well out of the woods and above the tree-line. We're still getting power back on line here at the coast, and cleaning up all the felled trees. Two beautiful sunny days in a row in December. It will undoubtedly have to last us for a while.
3. Posted by epador | December 17, 2006 11:49 PM |
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Posted on December 17, 2006 23:49
4. Posted by wavemaker | December 18, 2006 5:57 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
epador, my understanding is that you can use the snowpack out there.
4. Posted by wavemaker | December 18, 2006 5:57 AM |
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Posted on December 18, 2006 05:57
5. Posted by Gianni | December 18, 2006 11:00 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Can we schedule an outdoor 'Global warming certification' walk in OR for the lib trolls in here?
How long til people blame the deaths of these irresponsible people on W, FEMA, or someone else??
5. Posted by Gianni | December 18, 2006 11:00 AM |
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Posted on December 18, 2006 11:00
6. Posted by Peter F. | December 18, 2006 1:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
To be brutally honest and as someone who does a fair amount of backpacking (mountaineering's not my thing), how the hell could they not check the weather report? Even world-class mountaineer Ed Viesturs, who's climbed all 14 peaks about 8000m, said during a radio interview that he probably wouldn't have gone up. This was a terrible, terrible choice these men made. I do hope the other two are found, but I'd put the chances of that happening at nil.
6. Posted by Peter F. | December 18, 2006 1:19 PM |
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Posted on December 18, 2006 13:19
7. Posted by Peter F. | December 18, 2006 5:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A grave update that just appeared at the Seattle Times on the possible fate of the 2 lost climbers.
7. Posted by Peter F. | December 18, 2006 5:18 PM |
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Posted on December 18, 2006 17:18