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CLIMBING

Helicopter rescues 3 climbers from 17,200 feet on McKinley

A helicopter hauled three Danish climbers from 17,200 feet up Mount McKinley on Thursday after an avalanche stopped their summit bid and injured two of them on Sunday, according to the National Park Service.
OUTDOORS

Family calls off search for missing Mount Marathon runner

The family of missing Mount Marathon runner Michael LeMaitre of Anchorage is calling off its search after more than a week of continuously looking for him on the mountain.
CLIMBING

Weather turns back disabled veterans on Mount McKinley

Poor weather and an injury are forcing five disabled veterans to climb down North America's tallest mountain without summiting.
ALASKA NEWSREADER

Human feces in Denali glaciers is heading downhill fast

It won't take hundreds or thousands of years for climbers' waste dumped in glacier crevasses on Denali to show up on the glacier surface, say Alaska Pacific University researchers. It could start happening in as little as 15 to 25 years, reports the Alaska Public Radio Network . The accumulation...
ALASKA NEWSREADER

Denali climber claims rangers put celebrity before avalanche victims

A professional Alaska mountain climber who was caught in a Mount McKinley avalanche June 12 that injured three other climbers claims their rescue was delayed while the National Park Service escorted "Good Morning America" correspondent Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. ...
MILITARY

Wounded veterans aim to climb Denali

Five wounded veterans with a self-described total of four good legs among them were gaining ground late last week in their climb of Alaska's Mount McKinley. The five -- four are retired -- range in age from 31 to 64. All but one lost limbs in American conflicts stretching from Vietnam to Afghanistan...
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Mount Rainier park ranger killed in fall during climber rescue

A 33-year-old Mount Rainier National Park ranger slid more than 3,000 feet to his death Thursday as he helped in efforts to rescue four injured climbers who fell on a glacier.
CLIMBING

Denali climber might have encountered avalanche survivor

A North Dakota climber on Mount McKinley the day four Japanese climbers were killed in an avalanche worries he might have missed an opportunity to recognize something bad had happened and quickly call in a rescue party.
CLIMBING

Deaths on Denali highlight challenges of search and body recovery

Four Japanese climbers swept into a crevasse by an avalanche are among 120 people who have perished on Alaska's Mount McKinley, and their deaths bring to 44 the number of bodies remaining on North America's tallest mountain.
CLIMBING

4 climbers presumed dead after rope found in Denali crevasse

A shallow avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley may not have killed four Japanese climbers, but the slide pushed them into a crevasse more than 100 feet deep, the National Park Service said Sunday.