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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 23, 2018 - 05:41am PT
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In the summer of 1986, three young men and their guide were swept up in a giant avalanche that rolled down Mount Baker, burying everything in its path beneath 30 feet of snow and ice. Steve Raschick and the guide, Ian Kraabel, were killed. Nearly three decades later, a climber came across a remnant of that terrible day—Raschick's backpack, its contents literally frozen in time.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Jan 23, 2018 - 07:03am PT
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wow. Ian Kraabel was a very dear friend from college. We lived together for 2 years and he was an impish presence. thanks Joe!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 23, 2018 - 07:06am PT
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Eerie. Years ago a dear friend died on Mt. Mendel. For a couple of years after people that knew her would find a jacket, an ice axe, gloves, etc.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 23, 2018 - 09:16am PT
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hey there say, ... oh my, healyje and gary...
a sad treasure... :(
thank you for sharing...
and, david... thank you for sharing, about your friend,
as well...
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Don Paul
Mountain climber
Denver CO
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Jan 23, 2018 - 11:10am PT
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I found something weird in Estes Park, an inflatable backcountry ski pack, so old the material crumbled in my hands. It was stashed under a rock with no evidence of any accident. I just carried it out as trash but always wondered what the story was.
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