Post by Champs Elysees on Jan 15, 2008 12:16:26 GMT -5
Climbers feared missing in Oregon blizzard
Mount Hood, Oregon, climbers were expected to return Monday afternoon
Climbers have not answered calls to a cell phone they're believed to have
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Two men failed to return as planned from a climb on Mount Hood, where conditions early Tuesday were blizzard-like, authorities said.
Climbers were expected off of Mount Hood on Monday, said Oregon authorities.
The men, described as experienced climbers, were due off the mountain Monday afternoon and have not answered calls to a cell phone they are believed to have been carrying, said Detective Jim Strovink of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
The vehicle the men took to the mountain remained at Timberline Lodge, a resort on the mountain's south slope.
Strovink said the men might have left the 11,239-foot mountain with other people, and it's too early to say they definitely got caught in the bad weather. But search and rescue teams were preparing to look for them.
More than 35 climbers have died on Mount Hood in the past 25 years
Mount Hood, Oregon, climbers were expected to return Monday afternoon
Climbers have not answered calls to a cell phone they're believed to have
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Two men failed to return as planned from a climb on Mount Hood, where conditions early Tuesday were blizzard-like, authorities said.
Climbers were expected off of Mount Hood on Monday, said Oregon authorities.
The men, described as experienced climbers, were due off the mountain Monday afternoon and have not answered calls to a cell phone they are believed to have been carrying, said Detective Jim Strovink of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
The vehicle the men took to the mountain remained at Timberline Lodge, a resort on the mountain's south slope.
Strovink said the men might have left the 11,239-foot mountain with other people, and it's too early to say they definitely got caught in the bad weather. But search and rescue teams were preparing to look for them.
More than 35 climbers have died on Mount Hood in the past 25 years
I guess they never learn.
