Rainier hiker back from the dead

[zionsky]

‘He came back from the dead’: Lost Mount Rainier hiker starts to recover after rescue in whiteout conditions

It took dozens of park rangers, searchers, doctors and nurses, but Michael Knapinski, who became lost amid freezing, whiteout conditions in Mount Rainier National Park last weekend, was brought back to life in what his medical team is calling a...

www.seattletimes.com

This is one lucky guy!

 

[Rockskipper]

Wow, amazing story!

 

[regehr]

Scary stuff! I hiked up to Camp Muir in a whiteout one time and remember thinking this could be a pretty bad area in which to get lost. Route is easy but lots of big glaciated terrain nearby.