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Robert Dale Wiebe was killed July 13 in a fall at the “Snow Dome” on Mt. Hood’s Coe Glacier.
A climber apparently broke a leg after falling on the Hogsback on Mount Hood on July 7. Conditions on the mountain is described as “solid snow covered in ice.”
Searchers are hunting for Eric Lewis, 57-year-old , who unhooked himself from his companions on the Gibraltar Ledges Route on Rainier on July 1.
A woman fell 20 feet into a sink hole under the snow near the Jackson Visitor Center on Mount Rainier on June 18 in a freak accident. The woman fell 10 feet through snow to the top of a transformer and then another 10 feet to the ground.
Reports indicate that 29-year-old Lawrence Dahl spent the night on Hood after getting separated from his friends above Timberline Lodge. He was searched for all night and footprints were found 6 a.m., and Portland Mountain Rescue volunteers found Dahl near Enid Lake.
Other groups participating were Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue, Mountain Wave Communications, Hood River Crag Rats, Benton County and American Medical Response
Oregon searchers try again to find climbers’ bodies on Mount Hood Houston Chronicle, United States – Jul 10, 2007 Seven months after three climbers died during a storm on Oregon’s Mount Hood, rescue workers are making plans to search for the bodies of two of them.
Hiker Airlifted off Mount Hood After Boulder Pins Her Foot FOX News – 6 hours ago After nearly five hours on Mount Hood, Emily Vansteenwyk’s companions tried again to use a log and a rock to nudge the boulder off her foot. …
Officials are investigating a fatality on the Headwall of McKinley’s West Buttress.
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Two were injured in a 500 foot fall on Mount Hood into Devil’s Kitchen involving three parties.
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