First climber is dropped off at Mammoth Airport
Second climber is dropped off at Mammoth Airport
Steve and Jan discuss operation with winch operator
The winch and other rescue gear
Ops Leader Bill Greene debriefs the first climber
Jan and Steve and Helo Crew
The climbers were not injured. Dehydrated, but very happy. We all went to Angel's for lunch, including their wives and the helo crew, and hashed it all out. The leader at age 52 had some significant climbing experience, but the other climber had never done a class 5 climb at all. They simply got off route, way too far left, got to the top of one of the Sevehah cliffs, noticed the summit was WAAAY over there, and gave up on that. They got stuck descending, got rained and snowed on, nicked their one rope so they could not trust it for a full length rappel, and spent about 24 hours tied in at the Sevehah Cliffs mountain inn.
Lunch at Angel's after successful rescue
Lunch at Angel's after successful rescue
Lunch at Angel's after successful rescue
Lunch at Angel's after successful rescue
Lunch at Angel's after successful rescue
Lunch at Angel's after successful rescue