Mountaineer survives 700-foot fall off Mount Hood
An Arizona man is still recovering from a 700-foot fall while attempting to summit Oregon’s highest peak last month, but says once he does, he’ll try again to scale the mountain that nearly claimed his life. Chris Zwierczynski, 55, of Scottsdale, was lucky to survive a horrific fall on the slopes of Mount Hood in […]
Oregon climber rescued after surviving 700-foot fall on Mt. Hood
A climber on Oregon’s Mount Hood was rescued Saturday and survived a 700-foot fall on a steep, icy route near the summit, authorities said. Chris Zwierczynski, 55, of Arizona, was climbing about 11,200 feet up the Old Chute Route, a “very steep climbing route” on the south side of the mountain, when he slipped and […]