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Posted on 03/08/2022 6:40:35 AM PST by BenLurkin
Both climbers suffered injuries in the fall. One of the injured climbers was able to call 911 using a cell phone and used a Garmin inReach device to notify an emergency contact.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office set up a command center at Timberline Lodge. They were assisted by volunteer search teams from Portland Mountain Rescue, the Hood River Crag Rats, and Mountain Wave Emergency Communications.
Sunday night, rescuers tried crossing the upper Reid Glacier and climbing the couloir to reach the injured climbers, but they were unsuccessful. The strong winds were knocking rescuers off their feet and blowing heavy sheets of snow, creating a dangerous avalanche risk.
By 11:40 Sunday, the first climbing team made it to within 700 feet of the two people, but could not reach them due to the conditions. They had to turn back due to the heightened avalanche danger in the area.
The Oregon Office of Emergency Management could not deploy a military helicopter to assist with the rescue that night due to the altitude and weather conditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at koin.com ...
But he’ll be voting Democrat from now on...
“...additional search and rescue members from Portland Mountain Rescue, the Crag Rats, Mountain Wave, AMR’s Reach and Treat Team, the 304th Rescue Squadron, the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office, Clackamas County Search & Rescue, Corvallis Mountain Rescue, and the Oregon Army National Guard.”
Seriously, with that many rescue teams involved, I’m surprised there weren’t other deaths and injuries. Thank goodness for brave and honorable people.
Well...honestly...you do NOT want to climb Mt. Hood in summer...we live about 60 miles away...a security guy we know has climbed it oh, 30+ times A YEAR. And, yes, weather conditions can change quickly.
Most dangerous thing I ever did was going to Airborne School at Fort Benning. Jumped out of perfectly good airplanes five times, as well as a simulated jump from one of the 250 foot towers, into very soft sand.
Never had time to enjoy the scenery during those jumps. We jumped at 1200 feet, when the chute deployed you were at 800 feet, and surrounded by upwards of 50 of your classmates, an equal number were above, below, to the left and to the right of you...or so it seemed, lol.
I hiked the Presidential traverse, including summitting Mt Washington, in a string of cool, dry, bright sunny days one July. You could not have asked for better conditions. It was still challenging and dangerous. That mountain is a killer. I saw the board listing all the fatalities in the observatory at the summit.
I’ve done the same there.
Drove up it once. Yuck. Scared crapless. Was 73 at the base, 13 degrees on top. Talk about windy.
I was born there.
A little off topic but a guilty pleasure of mine recently has been watching videos of these people who paramotor. Check out this insane video of a guy who went to nearly 20,000 feet above the clouds.
Flying To 17,500 Feet on my Paramotor!
Now these guys have to obey FAA rules so they can't stray far from where they take off. They just go straight up and then come down. Totally nerve-wracking just watching the video.
I watched the first part. That does look insane!! I’ll try to catch the full video later. Thanks.
Yeah, I see all these women on dating apps that want to spend my retirement traveling the world. And all I can think is “I’m good with ‘Michael Palin traveling the world so you don’t have to’”.
I watched the first part. That does look insane!! I’ll try to catch the full video later. Thanks.
Yeah, I see all these women on dating apps that want to spend my retirement traveling the world. And all I can think is “I’m good with ‘Michael Palin traveling the world so you don’t have to’”.
I did one day watch about an hour of a guy hiking the Great China Wall. And now I feel like I’ve done that all I want to.
I remember Country’s Barbecue and their Mason jars for drinking.
RIP.
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He is in Oregon, doesn’t matter if you vote Dem or Repub it is changed to Dem. They invented Fraud by Mail.
Yes, my family is in OR. My name is Bodega. Thank you. I appreciate your work!
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