FALL ON SNOW Oregon, Mt. Hood On August 8, two Hood River
FALL ON SNOW Oregon, Mt. Hood On August 8, two Hood River clim bers were found dead near the sum mit o f Mt. Hood by searchers who carefully crossed snow and ice made treacherous by the
heat. T h e two men were spotted about 1000 feet below the summit on the north west face of the mountain. Searchers Darv Lloyd o f T routlake, W ashington, and Wayne Steinert of White Salm on, W ashington, discovered the missing climbers after they had climbed to the summit via the Sunshine route. T h e bodies of Stewart Picking (20), a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dan Owen (21) who had a Forest Service sum mer jo b , were reached by a volunteer climbing party at 1 0:30 a.m. T h e body of one of the men was dangling by a rope over a vertical crevice in the northeast face of the m oun tain. T h e other man was nearby in the snow. T h e two men had been roped while climbing. Searchers said it appeared from damage to the face of the m ountain and de bris near the bodies that the men had fallen about 4 0 0 feet. T h ey also reported that the climbing conditions on the m ountain were not good due to the long spell of hot weather. T h e details of how these experienced young climbers, who were members of the Alpinees Rescue G roup, fell are not known. (Source: and Richard Pooley)
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heat. T h e two men were spotted about 1000 feet below the summit on the north west face of the mountain. Searchers Darv Lloyd o f T routlake, W ashington, and Wayne Steinert of White Salm on, W ashington, discovered the missing climbers after they had climbed to the summit via the Sunshine route. T h e bodies of Stewart Picking (20), a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dan Owen (21) who had a Forest Service sum mer jo b , were reached by a volunteer climbing party at 1 0:30 a.m. T h e body of one of the men was dangling by a rope over a vertical crevice in the northeast face of the m oun tain. T h e other man was nearby in the snow. T h e two men had been roped while climbing. Searchers said it appeared from damage to the face of the m ountain and de bris near the bodies that the men had fallen about 4 0 0 feet. T h ey also reported that the climbing conditions on the m ountain were not good due to the long spell of hot weather. T h e details of how these experienced young climbers, who were members of the Alpinees Rescue G roup, fell are not known. (Source: and Richard Pooley)
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