Four people overdue on Mount Rainier; believed to be waiting out the weather | The Adventure Guys - The News Tribune

Four people overdue on Mount Rainier; believed to be waiting out the weather The Adventure Guys - The News Tribune
One of these is a very good friend of mine. She was supposed to come off the mountain Saturday and be home by now. This is her first mountaineering trip.
Please pray.

One day after finding a snowshoe hiker, who had been missing since Saturday, staffers at Mount Rainier are awaiting word from four more people who are overdue.Two climbers are one day overdue and two campers are two days overdue, said Patti Wold, spokeswoman for Mount Rainier National Park. No names have been released.The campers are on the Muir snowfield, an elevation of 10,000 feet, where visibility in a whiteout is zero. Wold did not immediately know which route the climbers are on.Heavy snow, winds and cold temperatures have blasted the mountain since the weekend. Another 24 inches of snow has fallen at Paradise in the last 24 hours. Temperatures at Camp Muir have ranged from -9 to -2 degrees since Saturday. With winds reaching 90 mph at times, the wind chill has been around -40 degrees. All are equipped for the conditions, and officials expect they are hunkered down. Rangers are watching the weather to see if it’s safe to check on them, Wold said.Wold says the park advises visitors of the dangers of being on the mountain in the winter, but staffers can’t stop people from climbing or camping in the winter.Yong Chun Kim, 66, of Tacoma, was found Monday afternoon almost 48 hours after he fell down a ravine while leading a local hiking club on a snowshoe trip above Paradise. Kim went home Monday afternoon after being checked by medical personnel.
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