Mt. Hood Rescue: Day 5–Update! 12/14/06 18 inches of New Snow, 100 MPH Winds
December 14, 2006
Between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, 18 inches of fresh snow has fallen in the higher elevations of Mt. Hood hampering continued efforts to make a successful rescue of three climbers lost on the mountain.
Not even helicoptors, airplanes, unmanned drones, heat sensors or cellphone tracking devices are much use in these kind of conditions. The weather rapidly deteriorated overnight with sustained winds over 11,000 feet, registering at over 100 mph. As thursday morning continued the storm seemed to let up alittle bit, but another system was expected by afternoon.
”There is a lot of hugging. There is a lot of praying,” Frank James, Kelly James’ Brother, exclaimed about how the family was handling the situation.
FBI officials arrived Wednesday to try to give a helping hand in tracking a cellphone used by climber Kelly James, of Dallas. James had called his son on Sunday to let him know that he had barricaded himself inside a snowcave and that his fellow climbers had gone for help.
Officials also say that James had tried to make another call around 7:20 am Monday morning but that the call had never went through.
Also Wednesday, Nevada Air National Guard had loaded a plane with heat-sensing equipment in hopes of flying over the mountain and possibly locating the climbers that way. The plane had to turn back though as it encountered very heavy turbulence during the flight.
Some people are guessing that with the weather conditions rescuers will not be able to get near the summit, where climber Kelly James is thought to be in the snowcave, until at least the weekend.
Friends and family have arrived at the scene and are trying to deal with all of this with hope and support.
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did they ever find the other 2 guys that was with james?
did they ever find the bodies of the other 2 skiers?