Six Feared Dead On US Mountain
May 31, 2014

Via AFP:

Six missing US climbers were feared dead in the northwestern state of Washington after searchers located their climbing gear on Mount Rainier, a National Park official said Saturday.

Searchers found the equipment "and detected signals from avalanche beacons at the top of the Carbon Glacier at 9,500 feet [2,896 meters] in elevation," said Patti Wold at the Mount Ranier National Park.

"All indications point toward a fall of 3,300 feet [1,006 meters] from near the party’s last known location" at a site known as Liberty Ridge, Wold said in a statement.

"There is no viable chance of survi...

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