#missing climbers

Too risky to search for six Rainier climbers, park officials say

Too risky to search for six Rainier climbers, park officials say

Continuous falling ice and rock make the avalanche-prone area too dangerous for rescuersMount Rainier National ParK, Washington: Park officials say it’s currently too risky to send people in search of six climbers who likely fell thousands of feet to their deaths while attempting to scale the 14,410-foot Mount Rainier.

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6 climbers believed dead after 3,300-foot fall on Mt. Rainier

National Park Service photo shows the area where the climbers fell on Mount Rainier.   MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. – A group of six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are all believed to be dead after plunging more than 3,000 feet down a steep rockfall at the peak’s upper elevations.

A helicopter search was launched for the missing climbers Saturday morning after they failed to return on…