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Rescuers reach stranded hikers in N. Cascades
August 29, 2008
CONCRETE, Wash. --Rescuers have reached two climbers stranded since Wednesday at the 8,000-foot level of Spire Point, near Darrington, in the North Cascades.
The Skagit County sheriff's office says rescuers found them at about 8:20 a.m. The climbers were cold and wet, but otherwise OK.
The rescuers are warming them up and trying to determine if they can walk. If they can descend about 2,000 feet, they could drop below the cloud cover where they could be picked up by a helicopter from the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.
The 33-year-old Matt Edwards and his 27-year-old girlfriend Robin Gibson are from Massachusetts, but the sheriff's office did not know their hometowns.
They had been trapped on an 18-inch ledge, but were able to move Thursday to nearby Dana Glacier.
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