Missing climbers located in Oregon

[Vic 17]

Search-and-rescue coordinators assembled Sunday in near white-out conditions on Mount Hood in Oregon in an attempt to find eight climbers -- three of whom had fallen from a ledge, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said in a written statement.

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http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~...3188/index.html

[Kor37 9]

When are these morons going to realize that climbing a mountain in the middle of winter might not be such a great idea???

 

 

3 climbers just recently froze to death on that same mountain. Get a clue, folks!

Edited February 19, 2007 by Kor37

[Theunicornhunter 2]

Well, Kor, sometimes we think alike, not only that - they force other people to risk their lives to go out and look for them. I was wondering if people that do this have to reimburse the taxpayer for all the expenses they incurred looking for them.

 

There are Florida morons too - they go out in little boats with lots of little kids as soon as a hurricane warning is issued.

[trekz 7]

I agree it seems like a huge risk and subsequent huge bill for taxpayers when massive rescue operations have to be launched. A CNN reporter asked a Mt. Hood Park employee if it wasn't too dangerous to climb in the winter, though, and the employee said no, it just depended on the weather, which could change quite quickly. I was a bit surprised at the reply and wonder if the winter fees are so financially necessary that the Park doesn't want to discourage use? Or perhaps the local economy relies on sports related income. It still seems like tempting the fates to me, but I'm not an extreme sport person myself. I would think that skiing, including cross-country, snowmobiling, etc. would be just as enjoyable and mostly far less dangerous alternatives.

[Kor37 9]

Mt. Hood is an incredibly large mountain. My sister lives within spitting distance of it. When I fly in to see her, you pass right by the mountain and it is higher than the plane is flying. Even in the middle of summer there is snow at the top of that mountain. I can just imagine what its like in the winter.