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Tacoma Mountain Rescue

Local Climbing News

All 10 aboard skydiving plane dead, sheriff confirms - 2007-10-09
By Associated Press

Tacoma Mountain Rescue unit members participated in the search for a lost aircraft near White Pass. The plane was overdue from Boise, ID.

Flight of the Eagles - 2007-10-01
By Seattle Mountain Rescue

Ed Hrivnak flew John Simac and Lee Tegner to Mt Rainer on September 24th in what Ed called spectacular flying conditions and gave them four wonderful looks at the Schurman cabin that they built and have not seen since 1965. For those who don’t know them, John and Lee are the founding members of Tacoma Mountain Rescue. (see article, page 6)

King County gets helicopter hoist that will help in rescues - 2007-04-25
By Jennifer Sullivan

After the recent rescue of a stranded hiker in the mountains and the flooding last winter, King County has purchased a hoist for their sheriff helicopter, Guardian One.

Rescuers pluck teens from side of cliff over Nisqually - 2007-03-20
By Jeremy Pawloski , The Olympian

TMRU members play a key role in rescuing two teenagers stranded on a cliff near the Nisqually River.

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