Mt Hood Rescue with Chinook

[Tricia]

This Chinook pilot did an incredible job, to rescue a climber and six rescuers who were stranded on Mt Hood.
https://katu.com/news/local/clackam...fice-responds-to-assist-climber-on-mount-hood

 

[Bill Talbot]

Maybe @Mack will add more. I know he was out there this past weekend.

 

[nemesis256]

That helicopter hugging the mountain....

 

[Bad Bob]

Great flying! That must have been an exceptionally calm day.

 

[coskigirl]

Maybe @Mack will add more. I know he was out there this past weekend.

@Doug Briggs was there too. Is @dean_spirito still out there?

 

[Bill Talbot]

That style pick up is SOP for the Chinook. That is how they grab up SEAL teams and their rafts @ sea.

 

[Doug Briggs]

I was there setting up for the Summer Fun Nationals. @dean_spirito is still there.

Props to the pilots and rescuers. They first attempted the evac with a Black Hawk but the air temps and elevation prevented that. That's when they brought in the Chinook.

 

[dean_spirito]

My understanding is that it was a young kid from Texas who climbed to the summit in some sort of attempt to commit suicide. It was a failed attempt and he eventually called for rescue. I watched the Chinook fly directly over my house, completely oblivious to what was going on.

I haven't followed the story all that closely, but there was some discussion within my circle that it may have been a mutual friend who lost his job and had 2 dogs die because they were being kept in a vehicle on a particularly hot day.