Rescue in the Gorge?

[rbw1966]

Anyone have any info on this? I heard about it on NPR this morning. They referenced a father/son team who had been climbing in the gorge and got benighted. Rescue supplies had apparently been lowered to them to help them through the night but an actual rescue was waiting for daylight.

[cj001f]

This might help:

http://www.katu.com/stories/72809.html

[iain]

Sounds like that guy is spending some quality time with his son

 

hope they are okay.

[ivan]

"They realized it was getting dark and decided they did not want to make the descent down."

 

well at least they weren't so scared they forgot that down is the typical path of descent...

[whirlwind]

i can understand the suplies but why would they need to be rescued? seems like a waste of time and money as long as their are capable, 250ft is like 2-3 raps,

[barkernews]

This is BIZARRE!

Here's the deal:

It was a father and a son in the Gorge. They also had their freaking dogs! I'm told the father learned to "rock climb" (probably rappel) in the military and he was teaching his son. It sounds like they had made harnesses for their dogs out of webbing and were hauling them up like haul bags. Guess they got hung up in a wet, chossy nightmare and got stuck.

The father and son are almost down... they're still working on lowering the poor dogs.

We're still calling them rock climbers... for now. I'd like to check out their gear.

Glad they're OK.

 

Brian Barker

KATU-TV

 

Here's some old AP copy:

 

COLUMBIA GORGE, Ore. (AP) - Heavy fog has delayed the rescue of

a father and son who are stuck on a ledge in the Columbia Gorge.

Thomas Garcia and his 14-year-old son, Adam, are in good

condition. But they were rock climbing yesterday and realized it

would be nightfall before they could make their descent down. So

Garcia used his cell phone and called 9-1-1.

Multnomah County authorities were waiting for daylight this

morning for the rescue attempt but dense fog set them back.

Garcia and his son are near Bridal Veil. They're 250 feet up on

a ledge. Food and survival gear were dropped to the two last night.

Multnomah County Sheriff's spokesman Michael Shults says the

rescue will occur at about 10:30 this morning.

[ryland_moore]

Recreational Darwinism at its finest!

[barkernews]

COLUMBIA GORGE, Ore. (AP) - Steep terrain, slippery rocks and

dense fog delayed the rescue of a father and son stuck on a high

ledge in the Columbia Gorge.

But rescue workers were able to finally get Thomas Garcia and

his 14-year-old son, Adam, -- along with their two dogs -- off of

the ledge. All are fine.

Rescuers expected to help them at the first sign of daybreak.

But there was heavy duty fog this morning and the rescue could NOT

happen until this afternoon.

The Garcias were rock climbing yesterday when they realized it

would be nightfall before they could make their descent. So Garcia

used his cell phone and called 9-1-1.

Multnomah County Sheriff's spokesman Michael Shults says the

rescue has taken longer than expected because conditions were NOT

good.

Shults says there was even falling rocks rescuers needed to

avoid.

[corvallisclimb]

what where they tryin to climb?

[barkernews]

They hiked up near Bridal Veil, then tried to rap down.

They weren't climbers.

Props to the AMR Reach and Treat guys for dodging the rockfall and getting them out of a bad situation.

[ryland_moore]

It looked like they tried climbing a choss and moss gulley from the video footage on the news!

[corvallisclimb]

yeah it looked like they where on crown point but i dont know

[texplorer]

Can you hear the pickin banjos?

 

Hey boy, wanna go rok climin? I learned to do that there rappelin back in the service. Oh, bring that cell phone too.

[mtnmedic]

I feel sorry for the kid, and can ya imagine how the poor dogs felt?