GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. — As a winter storm barreled toward Mount Hood, rescuers raced to find two experienced climbers missing for four days on Oregon’s highest peak.
A military Black Hawk helicopter spent Monday scanning the upper reaches of the mountain as ground teams fanned out below. The desperate search ended for the day as darkness fell and the storm approached.
“No sign at all,” said Monty Smith, a member of the Portland Mountain Rescue team.
Bad weather has hampered the search for Anthony Vietti, 24, of Longview, Wash., and Katie Nolan, 29, of Portland, who have been missing since Friday.
Mountaineers found the body of fellow climber Luke T. Gullberg, 26, of Des Moines, Wash., on Saturday. An autopsy showed Gullberg died of hypothermia, said Jim Strovink, spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. The Associated Press
