From The Oregonian of Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 Three men missing on Mt. Hood: Rescue teams will go out

nowadays to try to north face men locate the

climbers, who have been supposed to meet mates Friday

From The Oregonian of Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 three stranded on Mt. Hood identified: Searchers interested

in the climbers this morning tracked a ping from a cell phone at ten,300 feet

From The Oregonian of Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006 Searchers in race against storms: Crews head up the

mountain now to discover 3 stranded climbers just before circumstances worsen

From The Oregonian of Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 Grim news on mountain: A single climber is discovered dead

within a snow cave near Mount Hood’s peak; look for others will resume today

From The Oregonian of Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 Sheriff: ‘The big search very likely over’ on Hood: A team

are going to be place collectively currently to explore locations of avalanche

From The Oregonian of Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006 Hood search suspended as alot more specifics emerge: An

autopsy reveals Kelly James died of hypothermia almost certainly within days of calling his family

From The Oregonian of Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 Generosity springs from grief: Mount Hood rescue units

share about $90,000, a single with the largest gifts in memory

A rescue team assembled Sunday night to launch a search at dawn right now just as an additional winter

storm arrives for 3 climbers missing since Friday on Mount Hood.

The climbers, the north face jackets men in their 30s,

became the latest case of outofstate guests trapped by Oregon’s unpredictable winter climate immediately

after leaving their car or truck Wednesday to climb the north side of Mount Hood. They planned to spend two

nights on the mountain and meet close friends Friday afternoon at Timberline Lodge.

One of your males was able to produce a brief cellular phone contact Sunday afternoon to his household

from a snow cave just below the summit near Eliot Glacier. The two other males reportedly left the snow cave

Saturday to seek help.

“From the conversation, it left us relatively concerned for the person’s welfare,” said Jerry Brown,

chief deputy for Hood River County Sheriff’s Office.

None from the guys had climbed Mount Hood, even though, and they had reportedly packed light for what

they anticipated will be a comparatively short although challenging traverse.

On Sunday, Hood River County officials located the hikers’ automobile parked at the Tilly Jane ski

trailhead of the Cooper Spur ski area with a note.

“The note told us who they had been and what their plan was,” Brown mentioned. Though officials will not

be releasing the names of your three climbers, Brown mentioned a minimum of a single was from Texas and one

particular from New York.

A winter storm watch is in effect for the area for tonight by way of Tuesday morning. Snow is forecast to

begin in earnest this afternoon within the Cascades, with the heaviest snows expected late tonight and

overnight.

“We happen to be in touch with two in the climbers’ households,” Brown said. “Two of them were supposed

to be extremely seasoned, and one has reportedly climbed Mount Rainier 14 instances. But we just never have

adequate knowledge around the third climber to judge his knowledge.”

Today, crews will launch a twopronged rescue effort to discover the two climbers who reportedly were

looking to descend the mountain along with the third hiker within the snow cave.

“We will have 20 people on the mountain, with 1 group starting at the identified regions at the bottom

and functioning their way up,” Brown stated. “The second group will go straight up the north face.”

Initially, air and ground rescue crews had hoped to start their search Sunday evening, but officials said

weather situations prohibited a night search.

“We usually are not going out inside the field tonight,” stated Rocky Henderson, team leader for Portland

Mountain Rescue. “It’s snowing heavily, and it really is just not protected for us to be out tonight.”

The Oregon Air National Guard includes a rescue helicopter and crew on standby if climate situations

improve at this time.

An estimated 10,000 climbers a year begin up the mountain, most from April through June. Each year, about

20 to 25 individuals are rescued with all the assist of rescue sleds or by helicopter.

The two who went for aid took the Cooper Spur route, the exact same route the trio took up the mountain,

search officials mentioned. The nature of the climber’s injuries was not instantly known this morning. Hood

River County sheriff’s Deputy Pete Hughes mentioned the get in touch with was “fairly disorganized, from an

individual who was in a lot of pressure and basically not providing superb details.”

So far this morning, at the very least one search group has left for the summit, officials mentioned.

That group departed from Timberline. A further team was to leave from Cooper Spur.