Climbing Guide Hailed as Heroine
From Times Wire Reports
Flying off rocks, with the snow shoving her down Mt. Rainier, climbing guide Ruth Mahre feared the worst for herself and the four climbers below. Mahr, 25, was hailed as a heroine. She managed to secure her rope to the rocks and held on for hours before searchers rescued her and another climbing party trapped by an avalanche.
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