Chinook Helicopter Rescue From Summit of Mount Hood

[ski3pin]

Here's a great story -

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Thanks Ski,that's quiet a story.
Frank

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Highly skilled flying! Not to mention better conditions and more luck than 2002.

 

[ski3pin]

Highly skilled flying! Not to mention better conditions and more luck than 2002.

And a similar Blackhawk crash on Shasta in 2003 -

https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/How-rescuers-survived-mountain-copter-crash-2657459.php

Matt was one of the instructors at the National Avalanche School Phase II Field Session I attended as a refresher earlier that year.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

That the climbing rangers telemarked Dow to Bunny Flats after getting the others out is quite a statement! Wow!

Thanks for sharing!