A Mount Rainier ranger slid more than 3,000 feet to his
death on Thursday as he helped in efforts to rescue four injured climbers who
fell on a glacier.
Ranger Nick Hall was helping to prepare the climbers to be
taken off the 14,411-foot Cascade Range peak when he fell shortly before 5
p.m., said Mount Rainier National Park spokesman Kevin Bacher.
Bacher said Hall, 34, didn't respond to attempts to
contact him and was not moving, and he was dead when other rangers reached him
at the 10,000-foot level several hours later.
Park officials notified relatives and other rangers before
announcing Hall's death late Thursday.
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