Climbers Are Safe After Avalanche

Two mountain climbers feared lost in an avalanche on Mt. Foraker were safe Monday and apparently undaunted by their close call.

The two men were not only uninjured, they were also continuing their climb up the 17,400-foot peak, said Jane Tranel, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service.

The pair were identified as Glen Deal, 21, of Bozeman, Mont., and Gren Hinton, 22, of Melbourne, Australia.

Tranel said the powerful avalanche apparently roared right past the climbers Saturday as they were making their way up the steep climbing route known as the “Infinite Spur.” Foraker, the nation’s sixth-highest mountain, is in the Alaska Range near Mt. McKinley.