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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jul 12, 2018 - 02:22pm PT
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Body of Portland climber missing since November found
Updated Sep 12, 2016; Posted Sep 12, 2016
Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett said Monday that a Chelan County Mountain Rescue team found 33-year-old Adam Ochshorn on Saturday below the northwest buttress adjacent to Colchuck Peak in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
The experienced climber has been missing since Nov. 29 when he failed to return from a solo climb. Previous searches and attempts to find him were not successful.
Sgt. Kent Sisson says a helicopter flying on an unrelated mission Sept. 6 spotted a faded orange object in the rocks at about 6,500 foot. A rescue team later hiked and climbed into the area and confirmed it was Ochshorn's climbing pack but did not find him.
The team tried again Saturday, looking above where his pack was found.
Authorities are working on a plan to recover his body from the steep slope.
From Fritz: In my mind, per the above, most likely he fell while climbing up his chosen route.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 12, 2018 - 09:59pm PT
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hey there, say, fritz... oh my...
good to know though, that it was finally solved/found...
:(
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Jul 13, 2018 - 07:07am PT
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Thanks for putting an end to this mystery, Fritz. I climbed the nice looking buttress that drops from the left-hand summit in your pic, a IV 5.9, back in the day. Turns out a couple of climbers had died on Dragontail just the day before and SAR folks were wandering around the glacier looking for them. Grim.
Be careful out there, folks.
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