The climber “slid and tumbled down the mountain for approximately 300-400 feet,” Brian McCall, a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, told CNN.
The brutal fall was witnessed by members of Portland Mountain Rescue, a nonprofit volunteer organization focused on helping people in mountainous areas.
The climber, Leah Brown, told CNN in an email she doesn’t know what caused her fall.
Portland Mountain RescueIn a Facebook post, Portland Mountain Rescue wrote the woman’s injuries “prevented self-rescue,” adding their members worked with the Crag Rats group, also an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization.
“I owe them my life.”In a statement after the rescue, Portland Mountain Rescue warned of the dangerous winter conditions at the mountain.
Persons:
“, Brian McCall, Leah Brown, ” Brown, Ross, Brown
Organizations:
CNN, Clackamas County Sheriff’s, Authorities, Rescue, Ross Clemson, “
Locations:
Mt . Hood, Portland, Clackamas County, Mt, Hood, Oregon