it s all happening so fast. harry and his friend bill and several others are in one tangled mess heading right for selena. i put my head down because all the ice was coming down on us and just prayed that we didn t get hit. but i was fully expecting an impact. then the bodies just started sliding into the crevasse. you could hear them thump. selena is somehow spared from the fall, but her boyfriend, jeremiah, is not as lucky. cleve s son cole, too, gone with several others. there was just dead silence. and i remember just sitting there looking and a thousand things went through my mind. the very first one was, they re all dead. 911, what s the location of your emergency? this is on mt. hood on the south side, about 800 feet from the peak. we have seven people down, possibly four injured. they fell into the crevasse. the news is more grim that cleave thinks. nine people, not seven, have fallen in.
harry sledder, now deep in the crevasse, rolls on to his side and finds fellow climber john biggs lying next to him. i thought he was just knocked unconscious. he was sorry. i tried. two more who had fallen, three in all, suffered the same awful fate. three climbers dead. i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling, go to the other extreme. cleve joiner doesn t know it, standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. i didn t even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did
paramedics or firemen. so they set out about 4:00 a.m. on a perfect spring morning. and by can a.m., their group is nearing the summit. it was great. i had a great rhythm going. i was excited. it was gorgeous up there. i was thinking at the summit, i couldn t imagine what i was going to be able to see from up there. just before the push to the top selena and the others are standing on a spiny ridge just above this menacing crevasse known as the bertram. when i got up there and looked down, i was surprised at how big it was. just as selena and her group approaches the imposing the crevasse, her group and others are enjoying a view. it was crystal clear, just perfect. perfect. meanwhile, in selena and jeremiah s group, the seven climbers decide to follow an old climbing tradition. the group leaders split family members and loved ones into two different rope climbs, separating jeremiah and selena and father and son, cleve and coal joiner. his whole reason behind that was in
and finds fellow climber john biggs lying next to him. i thought he was just unconscious. knocked unconscious. he was sorry. i tried. two more who had fallen, three in all, suffered the same awful fate. three climbers dead. i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling, go to the other extreme. cleve joiner doesn t know it, standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole, has survived. i didn t even get the wind knocked out of me when i landed. so i just got up and did whatever i could. the call his dad, cleve
but i was fully expecting an impact. then the bodies just started sliding into the crevasse. you could hear them thump. selena is somehow spared from the fall, but her boyfriend, jeremiah, is not as lucky. cleve s son cole, too, gone with several others. there was just dead silence. and i remember just sitting there looking and a thousand things went through my mind. the very first one was, they re all dead. 911, what s the location of your emergency? this is on mt. hood on the south side, about 800 feet from the peak. we have seven people down, possibly four injured. they fell into the crevasse. the news is more grim that cleave thinks. nine people, not seven, have fallen in. and if it only were just injuries. harry sledder, now deep in the crevasse, rolls on to his side