Climbers Rescued
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GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) – Three climbers stranded on Mount Hood after a fall were rescued from a snow cave Monday after spending the night amid ferocious winds and blowing snow.
“Their condition is very good at this time,” Russell Gubele, coordinating communications for the rescue operation, told CNN.
“They were located in the area where their mountain locator units suggested that they were, and we finally got some of our rescuers down there to them. They are fine. They are being warmed up right now and fed by our rescuers.”
The three well-equipped climbers, two women and a man, fell off a ledge Sunday.
Mr. Gubele said the three were not badly injured and could walk out of the area themselves.
“They’re going to walk down,” he said, adding that authorities hoped to pick them up with a rescue vehicle.
