PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Dozens of climbers on Oregon's Mount Hood failed to find the bodies of two men presumed killed during a treacherous snowstorm last December.
Fifty-seven climbers, most of them volunteers, climbed as high as 9,500 feet Saturday searching for the bodies of Brian Hall, 37, of Dallas and Jerry Cooke, 36, of New York, who set out Dec. 7 to climb the mountain's north face near Cooper Spur, the Portland Oregonian reported Sunday.
The body of Kelly James, 48, of Dallas, the third member of the Hall-Cooke climbing team, was found in a snow cave days after their disappearance.
Saturday's search was organized by the Hood River County Sheriff's Office, which handled the initial rescue. Given the still perilous conditions, the search is likely to be the last unless recreational climbers find something worth another look, said Chief Deputy Jerry Brown.
