![]() ![]() ![]() Missing, Presumed has future BBC miniseries written all over it. The national park is about 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of Anchorage. A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice - A page-turning mystery that brings to. Gualtieri said that indicates the two climbers possibly lost the items as they fell. “Whatever debris there was, it appears to have been deposited into the various large crevasses on the glacier.”Īmong items found in the avalanche path were two ice axes high in the debris field and a climbing helmet down lower. “The avalanche itself looks to be a comparatively small one in terms of snow volume, so we are not seeing a large debris pile at the base,” Gualtieri said. ![]() ![]() Rangers followed the boot tracks to the avalanche. On Sunday, the first day of the search, rangers found the climbers’ unattended tent and ski tracks that led to the base of the West Ridge climbing route.Īt that location, they found the men’s skis, indicating they had switched to crampons for the climb. Ground searches on the glacier both days included a ranger harnessed to the helicopter’s short-haul rope to help protect the ranger from falling into a crevasse. Mountaineering rangers used a contract helicopter to fly over the area for about 8 hours between Sunday and Monday. ![]()
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