[artplumber]

Originally posted by pwd72s
Bad luck indeed...Mark, you lived in the Pacific NW for a spell. Do you think part of this tragedy was in they not knowing how quickly weather conditions can change here? My condolences for the families.... Even the most skilled can lose it all when playing dangerously. These guys had to know that.

Paul,
I think one of them had climbed Hood before at least once, and James actually had climbed Rainer something like 10 times (proposed to his wife on the mountain by news stories). At least one had done McKinley and another a Peruvian peak. They actually planned a one day up/down assault which was supposed to be possible from the chosen starting point. The injury was probably what did it. And once one thing happens, things snowball (pun not intended) rapidly....