Two Bodies Retrieved From Mt. Rainier
From Times Wire Reports
Rescuers retrieved the bodies of two mountain climbers who a relative said had left for a weekend trek up Mt. Rainier dressed in shorts and cotton pants hours before a snowstorm hit, officials said.
Mt. Rainier National Park rangers spotted two motionless bodies from a helicopter Monday, but had to return to base as night fell.
The rangers began their effort to recover the climbers’ bodies at first light.
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