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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 12 > Mount Rainier survivors come home to recover

Mount Rainier survivors come home to recover

One hiker dies in sudden snowstorm; his wife and their friend are rescued

By Donna Gordon Blankinship / The Bulletin
June 12, 2008

SEATTLE — After a routine hike turned into a harrowing and deadly ordeal for a trio of friends, two chilled and frostbitten hikers were airlifted from the slopes of Mount Rainier on Wednesday. The body of the third hiker was carried down.

“These were folks who loved the....

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