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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

This sucks. Rescueres are being hampered by terrible weather.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/13/mis....ap/index.html

Terrible weather on Mt Hood in mid-December? Who'da thunk it?
Doesn't the Forest Service have a "sanity check" on backcountry permits?
Getting lost and stuck is one thing, but deliberately climbing a mountain without sufficient gear in the winter?