Why don't you send an email to Peter Sleeth at the Oregonian and ask him about that? I think you will be quite surprised at his response. They have so much more to report but only had some much space to do it in.
As comparison look at the Mount Hood operation - perfectly organized, executed, etc...SAR is kicking major league butt up there in impossible conditions. I am sure the families of the climbers are happy Sara R. isn't on the ground up there coordinating.
Sure. A rhetorical question to Peter Sleeth, woodbutcher, Mt. Hood SAR and you. "Would Mr. Kim have died if anyone of you had been in charge?"