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Climber survives 500-foot fall in Sierras

A California climber is alive after a 500-foot fall that set off one of the trickiest helicopter rescues the High Sierra has seen, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The man and his brother were ...
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Climber dies from 300-foot fall on Mount Hood, victim identified as Portland man

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A climber has died after falling nearly 300 feet on Mt. Hood Sunday morning, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 10 a.m., a CCSO Search & Rescue ...