KabeTheBabe

Miss your posts, Olyclimber, the voice of reason and calm... Seems not long ago you were posting... bursitis, spray... Your illness goes to show how things can change in a NY minute. Wishing you just as speedy a recovery!

3 climbers survive fall from Mount Hood http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070219/ap_on_re_us/mount_hood_climbers;_ylt=Ap2ZfVRfA7rsby7heUdX4USs0NUE PORTLAND, Ore. - Rescuers located three climbers who fell from a ledge on Mount Hood on Sunday and all appeared to be in "relatively decent" condition, a sheriff's spokesman said. Rescuers were in the process of rappelling about 150 feet down a cliff to reach them, said Jim Strovink, spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. "We believe all three are in relatively decent" condition, Strovink said. One was believed to be fine; the other two may have concussions, Strovink said. The rescue efforts were being complicated by heavy snow and wind on the mountain, but authorities said the climbers were wearing electronic locator devices. Rescuers were staying in contact with them by cell phone. "They're very cold," said Russell Gubele, who was coordinating communications for the rescue operation. Five others who were in the climbing party also were located and were on the way off the mountain, Strovink said. Emergency dispatchers received a call for help from someone in the group earlier Sunday. The group was believed to be at an elevation of 8,300 feet. The mountain can be treacherous for climbers, particularly in the winter. In December, search teams scoured Mount Hood for days in the hopes of finding a group of missing climbers alive. The bodies of Brian Hall, of Dallas, and Jerry "Nikko" Cooke, of New York, have not been found. Another climber in their group, Kelly James, of Dallas, died of hypothermia.