EMR
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That day, though, the National
Guard Mohawk did venture out tor
another attempt at fixing the aircraft's
location. The pilot was able to narrow
down the location to somewhere off
the west face of the North Sister
During his flight, the pilot reported
his plane was flipped over by an
updraft caused by a combination of
the high winds and steep slopes.
Finally, on Monday the 10th, the
weather cleared A Redmond resident
with a view of the mountain saw the
blue sky, lumped in his plane and
located the crashsite
Tuesday, six EMR climbers were
flown to Four-In-One Cone on the
mountain. There, they traversed
across Collier Glacier which leads to
both the North and Middle Sister
Three of the climbers, Moon,
Blanchard and John Rich went the
rest of the way to the plane site Half
the party was left behind because of
extremely high avalanche danger,
particularly on the large snowfield
which lies just below the twin peaks of
the North Sister
The climbers found the aircraft It
was sitting just below a rocky pro
trusion out of the mountain The fact
that no one could have survived the
crash remained unspoken The
climbers knew that a dangerous and
major rescue operation would not
have to be mounted that day
They secured the plane with rope to
stop it from sliding further down the
mountainside Blanchard cleared
snow off the tail of the plane to read
the call number — it was the missing
plane
Following a quick inventory of the
plane and the drawing of a rough map
of the location the three rejoined their
friends and camped out for the night
It would be two weeks before the
weather would allow recovery of the
victim s bodies and the plane's ints
truments
Sept 26 found 12 climbers camped
out on Cul. the saddle of ice that lies
between the North and Middle Sister
The gregarious group spent a lively
evening trading jokes before their
hard day s work the next morning
The evening meal included noodles
parmesan, salami and cheese Jiffy
Pop was saved for dessert
They retired for sleep in the
deadening silence at 9,000 feet and
broke camp at 5 a m the next morn
ing, There was no leader of the group
that hiked to the crash site All were
capable of performing each of the
tasks that lay before them
On reaching the plane, two from the
team stood watch for falling rocks.
Gracefully, the temperature dipped
below ?2 degrees and less rocks
would fall on the climbers heads
The body of the pilot was located
some 200 feet from the airplane
wreckage, where the craft had first hit
the mountain. The other three were
still in the plane
The first task was to remove the
plane's instruments as evidence for
the FAA The area was legally a crime
scene and the climbers had to record
whose hands the evidence passed
through.
"Rock'' echoed through the thin air
many times as the group worked ex
pertly. As you ducked, said one of the
climbers, the small boulders instan
taneously bounced near you
The bodies of the victims were
recovered and an Aerostatiale Gazelle
helicopter flew in for the firsi of fhree
pickups.
The guard s Hueys could not fly at
the elevation of the crash and the
sheriff's office had requested the
Gazelle from Bohemia Lumber Co
Bohemia pilot Joe Murphy expertly
guided his craft in His tail was within
20 fee! of the steep rocky slope A
sudden gust of wind would not have
been welcome
In two hours. Murphy completed his
work He was later awarded the Na
tional Helicopter Pilot Association's
annual public service award
That night, 12 tired climbers were in
their homes in Eugene
By Jack CondllMe. Cover photo by
Bert Ewing.
Lane County Sheriff's Deputy Lonnie Henderson coor
dinated the five day search, and the later body
Photo by Bert Ewrta
recovery, by Eugene Mountain Rescue of the light
plane which crashed on the North Sister.
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