Will, not only must it have been a very difficult means to find out about the loss of a friend, but it is very strange for me to hear about it here. My heart goes out to you.
Being a regular "rainier rat" I tend to follow the stories of those that run into problems on Rainier, and I remember well, that of your friend. That is why when I heard they found the remains of a snowboarder last summer one day when we were up skiing the Nisqually Chutes I remember saying to a friend at the time, "that has to be that young doctor from Georgia". Sure enough the park service later confirmed it and notified his family. As I recall he was discovered in the Pebble Creek drainage at about the 6700 ft level. There's some cliffs in there; he might have gon off and been hurt in the fall; possibly buried in a slide. Mike Gauthier probably knows more.
A quick search yeilded this excerpt of the article:
Rainier remains may be young doctor's
The News Tribune; Tacoma, Wash.; Jul 19, 2001; Skip Card;
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Mount Rainier rangers Wednesday recovered what appear to be the remains of William "Tres" [Tres Teitjen], a medical school graduate who disappeared in 1999 while snowboarding down the Muir Snowfield.
Teitjen, 28, moved from Georgia to Seattle in June 1999 to begin a residency program at Harborview Medical Center. Although active in the outdoors, he never before had been to Mount Rainier ...
which route to ski?
in Mount Rainier NP
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Will, not only must it have been a very difficult means to find out about the loss of a friend, but it is very strange for me to hear about it here. My heart goes out to you.
Being a regular "rainier rat" I tend to follow the stories of those that run into problems on Rainier, and I remember well, that of your friend. That is why when I heard they found the remains of a snowboarder last summer one day when we were up skiing the Nisqually Chutes I remember saying to a friend at the time, "that has to be that young doctor from Georgia". Sure enough the park service later confirmed it and notified his family. As I recall he was discovered in the Pebble Creek drainage at about the 6700 ft level. There's some cliffs in there; he might have gon off and been hurt in the fall; possibly buried in a slide. Mike Gauthier probably knows more.
A quick search yeilded this excerpt of the article:
Rainier remains may be young doctor's
The News Tribune; Tacoma, Wash.; Jul 19, 2001; Skip Card;
Words in Document: 245
Available Formats:
Buy Full Text
Abstract:
Mount Rainier rangers Wednesday recovered what appear to be the remains of William "Tres" [Tres Teitjen], a medical school graduate who disappeared in 1999 while snowboarding down the Muir Snowfield.
Teitjen, 28, moved from Georgia to Seattle in June 1999 to begin a residency program at Harborview Medical Center. Although active in the outdoors, he never before had been to Mount Rainier ...
Sorry man...