[Squantos]

Seems they would have bagged up in a bat bag and waited out the storm. Plenty of snow and ice to replenish water, rations down to one per day till they could start climbing or be rescued......it's a six day climb ??

Weatherguessers should be able to forecast a bit better with all the gizmos and gadgets available shouldn't they ??

Sad....

[riverrunner]

Seems to me that even if they would have bagged it. They would have had a hard time making it being that exposed on the cliff. You can not carry much gear with you. Most likely all there gear got wet. The ice and snow made for impossiable climbing.

It is sad but that is the risks one takes.

[BullDog108]

......it's a six day climb ?? The Nose route is the easiest and quickest route on El Cap. It has been climbed in one day by many. I climbed it as a teenager in the sixties in three days. Most climbers have no trouble climbing it in three.