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"Breaking News >> One Dead Person Found Dead in Second Snow Cave, Mount Hood Sheriff's Office Says"
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"Breaking News >> One Dead Person Found Dead in Second Snow Cave, Mount Hood Sheriff's Office Says"
one dead person found dead? Cmon fox news...
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I thought for sure they'd find these guys alive. They were no rookies.
I thought for sure they'd find these guys alive. They were no rookies.
One lost climber found dead
Searchers have found the body of one of the lost climbers, Hood River County Sheriff's officials confirmed.
Officials do not know the identity of the dead climber, said Pete Hughes, a deputy sheriff.
The body was believed to have been found on the north side of the mountain, according to Gerry Tiffany, a sergeant with the office.
Searchers earlier had found a snow cave where they believe Kelly James had holed up. His two climbing companions had left him after he was injured to seek help.
The announced discovery of the body came as searchers were preparing to wrap up for the day at 4 p.m.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newslogs/...e_oregonian_news/archives/2006_12.html#216565
Searchers have found the body of one of the lost climbers, Hood River County Sheriff's officials confirmed.
Officials do not know the identity of the dead climber, said Pete Hughes, a deputy sheriff.
The body was believed to have been found on the north side of the mountain, according to Gerry Tiffany, a sergeant with the office.
Searchers earlier had found a snow cave where they believe Kelly James had holed up. His two climbing companions had left him after he was injured to seek help.
The announced discovery of the body came as searchers were preparing to wrap up for the day at 4 p.m.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newslogs/...e_oregonian_news/archives/2006_12.html#216565
Not good. Now there is some indication that they may have taken a bad fall.
Sheriff fears two other climbers fell
For the first time, Hood River County Sheriff Joe Wampler spoke publicly this morning about his working theory of what happened to the three climbers:
The three men - Brian Hall, 37, of Texas, Kelly James, 48, of Texas, and Jerry “Nikko” Cooke, 36, of New York - left Tilly Jane and climbed the right gully to the Mount Hood summit. They reached the peak and climbed along the south summit ridge looking for the entry to an area of the mountain known as the Pearly Gates on the south climbing route.
But a storm moved in and made it hard to see so, together, they broke off the east side of the mountain and dropped to an area 300 feet above the Newton Clark Glacier.
They dug a cave and all three remained there Friday night.
On Saturday, Hall and Cooke left James behind. Where they headed - back toward the summit or down the mountain - is not known. Wampler speculated they had an accident after leaving James.
The area where they likely had an accident is especially perilous and has been known to trip up climbers, Wampler said.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newslogs/oregonian/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_oregonian_news/archives/2006_12.html#216776
Sheriff fears two other climbers fell
For the first time, Hood River County Sheriff Joe Wampler spoke publicly this morning about his working theory of what happened to the three climbers:
The three men - Brian Hall, 37, of Texas, Kelly James, 48, of Texas, and Jerry “Nikko” Cooke, 36, of New York - left Tilly Jane and climbed the right gully to the Mount Hood summit. They reached the peak and climbed along the south summit ridge looking for the entry to an area of the mountain known as the Pearly Gates on the south climbing route.
But a storm moved in and made it hard to see so, together, they broke off the east side of the mountain and dropped to an area 300 feet above the Newton Clark Glacier.
They dug a cave and all three remained there Friday night.
On Saturday, Hall and Cooke left James behind. Where they headed - back toward the summit or down the mountain - is not known. Wampler speculated they had an accident after leaving James.
The area where they likely had an accident is especially perilous and has been known to trip up climbers, Wampler said.
http://www.oregonlive.com/newslogs/oregonian/index.ssf?/mtlogs/olive_oregonian_news/archives/2006_12.html#216776
