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A missing climber found dead in a snow cave on Mount Hood was identified as a Dallas man who had placed a distress call to relatives a little more than a week ago, a person close to the family said Monday. Searchers found the cave Sunday near the spot located by cell phone signals traced from Kelly James, who made a four-minute call to his family Dec. 10 just below the summit, said Jessica Nunez, a spokeswoman for the climber's family. On Monday, a recovery team was expected to retrieve the body, which remained on the mountain over night because...

December 17. 2006 11:50PM Raceland man informed his brother died on Mount Hood A Raceland man was told by authorities tonight that his brother’s body was the one rescuers found during a search for three missing climbers near the summit of Mt. Hood in Oregon. Ben James traveled to Oregon Friday to join other family members as they awaited word during a search often thwarted by difficult conditions. He said his brother, Kelly James, a Texas architect, was an experienced climber. Ben James said he was told the body was found in an ice cave that he was building for...

One climber found dead on Mt. Hood

No one found in snow cave on Mt. Hood By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER The Associated Press Related Missing climber's trail in China elusive HOOD RIVER, Ore. – Rescuers searched a snow cave just below the summit of Mount Hood on today but didn't find any of the three climbers missing since last weekend, an official said. A sleeping bag, ice axes and rope were found in the snow cave, said Sgt. Gerry Tiffany, spokesman for the Hood River County Sheriff's Office. "I'm sure it is very frustrating for those guys on the mountain," Tiffany said at a news conference. "I...

Fervent hopes and a brief break in the weather brought no satisfaction to relatives and friends of three climbers missing on the dangerous north side of Mount Hood. The clear, cold morning turned foul by midday Saturday, before searchers on two sides of the mountain and helicopter crews retired for the night because of weather and darkness, finding no trace of the three men. The Hood River County sheriff's office, a lead agency in the search, said efforts would continue Sunday. On Saturday, a C-130 with infrared heat-seeking capability from the Nevada Air National Guard took to the skies over...

Relatives of three men missing in bitter weather on Mount Hood comforted each other and held out hope Friday that the trio survived, eight days after the lightly equipped men left for a two-day ascent. Winds were expected to gust to 100 mph Friday morning in the latest of a string of storms to hit the 11,239-foot mountain, and forecasters said rescuers' next shot to find the men probably would be Saturday. Kelly James, who like Hall is from Dallas, was believed to be holed up in a snow cave near the top, and the other two were thought to...

Survivor of '76: If we made it, they can too Three teens walked out after 13 days in a snow cave on Mount Hood Friday, December 15, 2006 MARK LARABEE The Oregonian It's been almost 31 years since Randy Knapp and two high school friends emerged from their 13th night in a wet, cold snow cave on Mount Hood, where they held onto hope through prayers and struggled to survive while a snowstorm raged outside. As the years passed, Knapp, 48, a finish carpenter and part-time pastor who lives in Medford, refused requests for interviews. But Thursday, as headlines detailed...

<p>TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore. — Rescuers started up Mount Hood early Friday to retrieve the last of three climbers killed after falling into a crevasse during a climbing accident the day before.</p> <p>The mountain was closed to all climbers, and the Air Force was looking into what caused one of its rescue helicopters to crash on the mountain as it was retrieving one of the six climbers who survived.</p>

A tragic event happened on Mt. Hood at about 1:50 p.m. A National Guard Black Hawk helicopter crashed while trying to leave the site of a rescue, above a crevasse, where nine climbers fell this morning. The helicopter appeared to be attempting to leave the scene. While the craft was turning, blades from the chopper clipped the mountainside and the craft tumbled down the steep slope. Sgt. Alan Alderman with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office was monitoring the helicopter radio transmissions. "I heard 'chopper's going down, chopper's going down. Blackhawk down,'" he explained to kgw.com. The craft is now sitting...

Helicopter sent in to rescue stranded climbers has just crashed into Mt. Hood. They are checking for survivors now...... Still breaking on CNN