Comments on: Rescuers fear climber took “unsurvivable” fall on Mount Rainier’s Liberty Ridge http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2011/06/14/rescuers-working-to-save-olympia-man-on-mount-rainiers-liberty-ridge/ The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: powderhog http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2011/06/14/rescuers-working-to-save-olympia-man-on-mount-rainiers-liberty-ridge/#comment-23133 powderhog Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:52:20 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/?p=3926#comment-23133 levesque… a great question hiding behind the computer screen! You have no idea.

]]> By: DaveSp http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2011/06/14/rescuers-working-to-save-olympia-man-on-mount-rainiers-liberty-ridge/#comment-23129 DaveSp Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:41:09 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/?p=3926#comment-23129 “why did they both leave him? One could have gone for help and one stayed with him. guess common sense is in short supply”

Because common sense (and climber’s experience) says you do not want to descend the Emmons Glacier alone and unroped, particularly at this time of year when crevasses are easily hidden.

]]> By: PolarBear53 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2011/06/14/rescuers-working-to-save-olympia-man-on-mount-rainiers-liberty-ridge/#comment-23113 PolarBear53 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:19:17 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/?p=3926#comment-23113 perhaps because maybe you need at least 2 people to descend down this side of the mountain -duh!

]]> By: levesque http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/2011/06/14/rescuers-working-to-save-olympia-man-on-mount-rainiers-liberty-ridge/#comment-23112 levesque Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:43:40 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/adventure/?p=3926#comment-23112 why did they both leave him? One could have gone for help and one stayed with him. guess common sense is in short supply

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