http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=72073
October 25, 2004
One climber killed in avalanche, another digs himself out
ASHFORD, Wash. - Mount Rainier rangers are trying to recover the body of an avalanche victim before a forecast snow storm arrives this afternoon.
Park spokeswoman Patti Wold says a helicopter will take the rangers as close as possible to the scene of the avalanche on Ingraham glacier at about the 11,000-foot level of the 14,411-foot mountain.
Wold says two men were climbing on the mountain over the weekend to practice for an attempt on Mount McKinley.
She says they had walked down a snow ramp into a crevasse yesterday near Disappointment Cleaver. They were walking out on another ramp when it collapsed.
Both men were buried. One was able to dig himself out and go for help. He is still at the park in good condition.
Wold says the park will not identify the climbers until the family of the dead man is notified.