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  • 13
    Nov
    2012
    2:08pm, EST

    Rescuers reach two missing snowboarders on Mount Rainier

    A pair of snowboarders trapped on Washington's Mount Rainier are forced to spend another day in a snow cave as they wait for rescuers. KING's Teresa Yuan reports.

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    Updated at 7:50 p.m. ET: Authorities on Tuesday morning reached two stranded snowboarders, who were lost Sunday in a blizzard on Washington state's Mount Rainier.

    The two men, 21-year-old Derek Tyndall and 20-year-old Thomas Dale, were evaluated and officials say they're able to walk, Seattle's NBC affiliate KING 5 reported.


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    After being found at the lower end of the mountain's Paradise Glacier, Tyndall and Dale arrived with rescuers at the park's Longmire headquarters around 3:30 p.m. PT, according to Kevin Bacher, spokesman for Mount Rainier National Park. The two reportedly appear to be in very good health conditions and reunited with nearby family Tuesday afternoon, Bacher said.

    On Monday evening, low visibility and dangerous conditions forced searchers to pause their efforts in finding Tyndall and Dale. The two snowboarders called 911 on Sunday afternoon to report they'd gotten lost in a winter storm, while descending from Camp Muir on Mount Rainier. The two had winter gear, a compass and smartphones, but no overnight gear.


    Tyndall and Dale were able to check in with officials by cell phone Monday morning to report they were in good condition and stayed in a snow cave Sunday night. Their cell phone battery has died since.

    While authorities were unsuccessful in finding them Monday, there was a glimmer of hope. Search teams reportedly saw two individuals in good condition a half-mile away and heard voices, according to KING 5.

    Because of the nature of the terrain and eventual loss of daylight, crews couldn't reach them Monday evening.

    "It is really, really hard to pull out without having them with us. But they’re resourceful kids," Kevin Bacher, spokesman for Mount Rainier National Park told KING 5 on Monday.

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    Bacher told NBC News Tuesday morning that a team of 30 people resumed the search at around 8:30 a.m. PT. The searchers included National Park Service rangers, as well as mountain rescue volunteers from Tacoma, Olympia and Seattle.

    Conditions remained similar Tuesday, keeping the progress slow, Bacher said, and crews had to break trails through deep, fresh snow. Visibility remained low at around 200 yards, Bacher added.

    The two individuals authorities spotted Monday matched the description of Derek and Thomas, according to Bacher.

    "They’re going to make it down," Derek's father Rod Tyndall had told KING 5. "I have no doubt in my mind."

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    7 comments

    This stuff happens all the time. Idiots don't check the weather forcast and then others risk their lives to save them. Glad that is ended well.

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  • 8
    Aug
    2012
    2:17pm, EDT

    Body found on Mount Rainier could have gone missing in January

    By Vignesh Ramachandran

    Authorities on Tuesday recovered a man's body on Mount Rainier after a group of hikers discovered some clothes under rapidly melting snow a day earlier.


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    The body was found near a trail -- at about 8,000 feet in elevation -- at Muir Snowfield at Mount Rainier National Park. A group made the discovery as it descended from Camp Muir.


    Authorities aren't certain, but there's a "good chance" the body is connected to four missing climbers who were lost in storms in January, park spokesperson Patti Wold told NBC News. 

    The Pierce County Medical Examiner is working to identify the body. It appeared to have been "under snow for some time," Wold said in a statement.

    No other bodies were found, but the search for the climbers continues on a limited basis. Warmer weather over the next couple months could melt more snow and possibly reveal more evidence.

    The climbers were part of two separate groups lost in January: Mark Vucich, 37, of San Diego and Michelle Trojanowski, 30, of Atlanta; and Sork (Erik) Yang, 52, of Springfield, Ore. and Seol Hee Jin, 52, from South Korea, according to Seattle's NBC affiliate KING 5.

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    12 comments

    Does anyone else find the phrasing of the article title odd? "Body" could have gone missing? How about body found could have been missing climber? or anything else. Just odd phraseology.

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  • 5
    Jul
    2012
    5:37pm, EDT

    Body of park ranger recovered from Mount Rainier

    By Vignesh Ramachandran

    Favorable weather conditions Thursday allowed authorities to recover the body of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger who fell to his death on June 21.


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    Rescuers used a helicopter to retrieve the body of Nick Hall, the park ranger who fell 2,500 feet during a rescue operation on Mount Rainier.

    Thursday's recovery went smoothly, spokeswoman Patti Wold told The Associated Press. Clear weather conditions Thursday were a boon, after strong winds and adverse winter conditions prevented recovery efforts in the days following the accident.


    Seattle's NBC News affiliate KING 5 reported that the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier was closed for the day for the recovery.

    The body of Hall, 34, will be taken to the Pierce County medical examiner's office in Tacoma, about 35 miles south of Seattle, AP reported.

    Hall was part of a team attempting to rescue climbers who fell at the 11,000-foot level of Mount Rainier. The four-year veteran of Mount Rainier National Park's climbing ranger program was assisting with the helicopter rescue when he fell to his death.

    Hall is not the first fatality on the mountain this year. In January, ranger Margaret Anderson was killed by a gunman in the park after trying to stop the gunman's vehicle.

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    44 comments

    Bad year so far for our beautiful mountain. R I P ranger and thank you for your service

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