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Surprised to Be Alive, Two Climbers Rally in Hospital : Survived 3 Days in Snow Cave
May 16, 1986|Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two teen-agers who survived more than three days buried in a snow cave on Mt. Hood with six companions were reported slowly improving today, and doctors said they are optimistic that both will recover.
Their companions, two adults and four youngsters, were pronounced dead Thursday after being found in the cave, dug in an effort to escape a savage snowstorm that enveloped the mountain during an annual school outing.
The cave was discovered by a rescuer who poked through 4 to 5 feet of snow on the treacherous slopes, 8,300 feet up the 11,235-foot mountain, and struck a backpack. It was just five feet from where the body of another member of the outing was discovered Wednesday, one of three bodies found on the mountain that day.
Of the 13 climbers who began hiking up the mountain Monday, four survived, including an adult and a girl who walked out Tuesday seeking help
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Search and rescue workers using dogs search an area on Mount Hood on May 16, 1986, several hours before eight stranded climbers were found at about the same elevation, but below rocks at right. (Riley Caton/The Associated Press)
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