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DEM #98-1116 June 16, 1998 |
For the fourth time in less than a week the Unit was contacted by the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management for a climber in trouble on Mt. Rainier. The Park had requested that ten Mountain Rescue volunteers be put on standby for a possible rescue of a climber on Liberty Ridge.
Around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Malcolm Talbot, 58, was
descending Liberty Ridge with two companions after a
failed summit attempt when he apparently caught a
crampon on a rock and fell breaking his ankle. His
climbing companions were able to get him from Thumb
Rock at the 10,800 foot level to around 9,900 feet
before they built a snow shelf and left him with sleeping
bags, a stove and some water while they went for help
arriving at the White River Ranger Station at 5:00 a.m.
Wednesday morning.
A helicopter flew eight Park Rangers to Liberty Wall at 8,800 feet. They then climbed up to Talbot and then performed a technical lower of over 1,000 feet to the Carbon Glacier where he was flown off the mountain.
The TMR members on standby were: Tom Miner, Mike Mixon, Jim Andrues, Brian Capron, Andrew Cull, Ed Hrivnak, Stan Kartes, Maria Level, Roger Ternes, Dave Treber, Rick Wire.
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