In the news today:<\/p>\n
Rangers removed the ice-encrusted bodies of two other hikers who died on the peak in an unexpected early blizzard in the Sierras. The deaths occurred on El Capitan, a forbidding granite mountain at Yosemite National Park,<\/p>\n
The two deaths created a gruesome sight for a helicopter crew that managed to fly close enough Wednesday to spot the bodies, which were blue and dripping with icicles as they dangled from their ropes about two-thirds of the way up the precipice.<\/p>\n
To retrieve the corpses, rangers rappelled down El Capitan, put the bodies into yellow mountaineering bags, and carried them on their backs hundreds of feet to the summit.<\/p>\n
The two victims – an unidentified Japanese man and woman – had been ill-prepared for the weather, a ranger said. They also had their arms around each other, probably in an attempt to keep each other warm.<\/p>\n
I can think of a very sad 2 person play that could be written about this tragedy. Such a sudden storm of sadness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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