Rescued Mt. McKinley Climbers Identified

Mountain Trip guide Dave           the men could not descend the
Staeheli, 56, of Wasilla and       mountain on their own, so
his client, Lawrence Cutler,       National Park Service rangers
45, of Croton-on-Hudson, New       arranged a helicopter
York, were frostbitten on          evacuation of the men on
their hands and feet, and          Friday afternoon, according
Staeheli suffered a broken         to Maureen McLaughlin, a
rib after the pair of              spokesperson for Denali
climbers spent Thursday night      National Park & Preserve.
at the 17,200-foot camp on Mt.     Related                       

Rescued Mt. McKinley Climbers Identified

McKinley.                          One Climber Rescued, Another
Due to the severity of the         Dies After McKinley Fall
injuries, it was determined        

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