N. Face of Chair.......2 missing from yesterday.

[Dane]

Knock on wood. Bret and Dave are missing on Chair.

 

Last time I saw them they were two pitches up and looking good.

SMR has been at it since the early hours today.

 

[Dan_Miller]

Thanks Dane.

 

Let's all keep our fingers crossed! Better up on Chair than some far remote location I suppose. Come on guy's, Rigorous Attitude.

 

Yesterday and last night's Alpental telemetry data:

Just how was last nights' weather for someone stuck out there?

 

Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center

Alpental Ski Area, Washington

 

Wind sensors unheated and may rime

 

MM/DD Hour Temp Temp Temp RH RH Wind Wind Wind Hour Total 24Hr Total

PST F F F % % Avg Max Dir. Prec. Prec. Snow Snow

5400' 4300' 3120' 3120' 5400' 5530' 5530' 5530' 3120' 3120' 3120' 3120'

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(some missing data for this range)

2 7 1000 32 34 36 94 96 2 4 103 .01 .17 -0 61

2 7 900 30 34 34 98 96 3 4 103 0 .16 -0 227

2 7 800 28 34 33 99 98 1 4 103 .01 .16 -0 227

2 7 700 28 34 33 99 97 1 3 104 0 .15 -0 227

2 7 600 28 33 33 100 98 2 4 100 0 .15 0 227

2 7 500 28 33 33 99 97 3 5 99 0 .15 0 227

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2 7 400 28 33 33 99 98 5 6 97 .02 .15 -0 227

2 7 300 28 31 33 99 97 5 6 100 .01 .13 -0 191

2 7 200 28 31 33 99 98 7 9 116 .02 .12 -0 227

2 7 100 28 31 33 99 99 7 10 131 .02 .1 -0 227

2 7 0 28 31 33 98 98 7 10 119 .02 .08 -0 227

2 6 2300 27 32 33 99 98 7 9 111 .02 .06 -0 227

2 6 2200 27 31 33 98 98 7 9 93 .02 .04 -0 55

2 6 2100 27 31 33 97 98 8 11 95 .02 .02 -0 59

2 6 2000 27 31 34 98 98 6 10 97 0 0 -0 57

2 6 1900 27 31 34 96 98 6 9 117 0 0 -0 59

2 6 1800 28 32 34 96 97 6 9 95 0 0 -0 60

2 6 1700 28 32 35 93 97 7 11 107 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1600 29 32 37 88 96 5 9 109 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1500 30 33 38 86 95 6 11 118 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1400 29 33 37 86 96 5 9 100 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1300 30 34 39 82 94 4 8 117 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1200 30 33 39 85 95 6 11 116 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1100 29 31 37 86 94 7 11 117 0 0 -0 61

2 6 1000 28 31 36 92 96 10 13 106 0 0 -0 61

2 6 900 27 30 35 94 96 10 14 103 0 0 -0 60

2 6 800 26 30 33 96 97 11 15 105 0 0 -0 60

2 6 700 26 30 33 98 98 10 16 125 0 0 -0 59

2 6 600 26 30 34 98 98 11 17 135 0 0 -0 59

2 6 500 26 30 34 98 98 13 22 125 0 0 -0 60

 

[Sheep]

hoping for a safe return

[Dane]

one p.m climbers rapped wrong gully and ended up walking to I-90

[Off_White]

That's damned good news, thanks for the update Dane.

[Dan_Miller]

All's well that ends well.

:tup:Thanks again Dane and of course SMR. As some may know, those unplanned nights out can be pretty miserable. I've never done one in midwinter however.

[Buckaroo]

WUUUHE. I was worried, there's not many places they could have been if they had taken the right rap gulley, either the moat at the bottom of the climb or buried in an avalanche.

 

They must have come out Anderson creek, must have been low visibility to miss that one.

 

Well then, today is a good day after all.

 

TR TR TR TR, lets have it, cough it up.

[Dane]

Met Dave and Bret walking down the trail. Looked a little tired but no worse for the wear Long ass walk out after rapping down the s. side of Chair.

 

But they took care of themselves and walked out under their own power. Good on 'um

 

Stuff like that can happen to anyone, anytime.

 

[Le Piston]

Glad to hear they are all right. It can happen to anyone of us...just need to be prepared and keep your wits about you. Thanks for the update Dane.

[Ed_Hobbick]

Sunny Remington and I descended the wrong gully off of Epinephrine in Red Rocks, Nevada one time; that made for a somewhat epic night out. It was cold given that we had only shorts and t-shirts on.

 

That said, I'm glad to hear that all is well with Dave and Bret.

 

Brandon01 and I were at Chair on the 3rd of Feb.

[Dane]

For anyone that saw the KOMO web report earlier in the day or the 5PM KOMO news cast I'd be interested in your take.

 

People bitch all the time here about how the media treats climbing stories. In this case having been there when it all started I hoped for the best but it wasn't looking very good till the guys got a phone call out late this morning.

 

Because I have an intimate connection with KOMO and was feeding them detailed info as it was happening KOMO was able to post good info and followed up with a good story IMO at 5PM.

 

Garbage in and garbage out is the usual situation. In this case thankfully, it all had a happy ending. But what the media told the public was EXACTLY what they were being told.

 

Good for KOMO! We as climbers should rememember that.

Great for Dave, Bret and their families!

 

 

[Bug]

Nicely done Komo 4 and Dane.

 

[Dane]

Nicely done Seattle Mountain Rescue! And to the Bug as well for catching the details and getting out the word asap.

 

You guys put a lot of effort and people into the field today. All of us should keep that in mind and look for ways to help out when we can.

 

[Pete_H]

Best comment from the KOMO 4 website:

 

"Were they attatched to each other? If they were, if one slipped they could have fallen. Hopefully they are OK."

[Dane]

Best comment from the KOMO 4 website:

 

"Were they attatched to each other? If they were, if one slipped they could have fallen. Hopefully they are OK."

 

Hey Pete mind giving me a link to that specific quote from KOMO?

Thanks!

[Pete_H]

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/83759287.html

 

 

It was a reader comment not by author of article.

[Dan_Miller]

The KING 5 interview they did with the pair last evening was just great. Factually accurate, nothing out of line. Reality is, sometimes we're overdue on our climbing objectives. To my mind at least, that kind of comes with the territory. However, the folks at home always get somewhat concerned.