Seattle Times
Two El Capitan climbers killed in blizzard
Two Japanese climbers were found dead yesterday in Yosemite National Park, dangling from a 3,200-foot cliff amid an early blizzard that caught hikers throughout the Sierra Nevada off-guard.
The climbers on El Capitan were spotted Tuesday by rangers but could not be reached. They were among seven people on El Capitan when the storm hit Tuesday. A solo climber was rescued yesterday, while rangers reached a man and a woman and were going to remain with them on the face overnight, park ranger Deb Schweizer said. The other climbers only asked for extra supplies.
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....