tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215023416646096443.post3728266449366620640..comments2018-10-25T23:22:28.229-04:00Comments on Avalanche Updates: More PNW Falls on Ski Mountaineering TerrainJonathan S. Shefftzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532156922403744857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215023416646096443.post-45715319069903242092012-06-22T23:17:31.675-04:002012-06-22T23:17:31.675-04:00disappeared and she made an emergency call."
...disappeared and she made an emergency call."<br />-- Looking back at both my memories and my pictures from Camp Schurman (the evening before our 2009 summit ski) and just a little ways up from Camp Curtis at Steamboat Prow (from way back in Aug 1999 & Jul 2004), yes, the view is pretty much unobstructed of the entire route to the saddle.<br />-- However, it's still really far away. To be sure they had fallen into a crevasse and required rescue), she would have needed binoculars, but that too is possible.<br /><br />re "Wren, 22, and park rangers hiked from 13,700 to 13,200 feet this morning but had to stop because of worsening weather, said Dena Williams, Wren’s aunt. They still must hike about 4,400 feet to reach the base camp, she said."<br />-- Getting Wren to Camp Curtis would be difficult, since it requires either a rock scramble *up* that she definitely can't do in her condition, or further descending down past Camp Schurman then a nasty little ascent up snow/mud/yuck to Camp Curtis.<br />-- Plus Camp Curtis doesn't have any facilities, so I suspect their goal is Camp Schurman. <br />-- If the 4,400' is meant to be cumulative, then that does come pretty close to matching up with the elevation differential between the incident site vs Schurman.Jonathan S. Shefftzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532156922403744857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215023416646096443.post-45822004412271805172012-06-22T22:10:39.732-04:002012-06-22T22:10:39.732-04:00One report claims, "...Claire was the fifth c...One report claims, "...Claire was the fifth climber in the group but decided not to make the trip with the other four and watched them from a base camp. Williams said Kultgen watched them and until they suddenly disappeared and she made an emergency call." http://goo.gl/TtQFI<br /><br />Is this possible from Camp Shurman or Camp Curtis?<br /><br />The article you link to makes it sound like they were heading to 8800 feet which would be Curtis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com