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Updated: 10:37 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2004 | Posted: 10:37 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2004

Two Climbers Rescued From Mount Rainier



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MOUNT RAINIER —

A helicopter has flown two stranded climbers off

Mount Rainier. 44-year-old Al Hancock of Fort McMurray, Alberta,

and 48-year-old Bruce Penn of Connecticut called for help Thursday

while descending from the ten thousand-670-foot level of the

challenging Liberty Ridge route.

They said they were unhurt but

"in over their heads." Rangers held off going after the men,

because rescuers had to focus on recovering the body of Luke

Casady, a climber killed on the same route and looking for his

climbing partner, Ansel Vizcaya, who remains missing and is

presumed dead.

Hancock and Penn will be debriefed today at the Longmire Ranger

station.

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