A Tragic Tale on Mt Hood | Students Stranded in Historic Blizzard
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- About an hour before midnight on Mother’s Day in 1986, a group of teenagers assembled at an Episcopal high school in Portland, Oregon, to embark on an expedition. Their goal was to summit Mount Hood, completing an adventure program that was required for all sophomores. Fifteen boys and girls, one mother, one priest, one administrator, two guides. Twenty people in all would attempt the climb initially. On that night in May, the group left Timberline at around 3 A.M. and were met with temperatures that were comfortably above freezing. They were at 6,000 feet, close to the tree line, and there was calf-deep snow on the ground. As they got going on what would have been roughly a six-mile round trip, they moved quietly through a hushed kind of darkness broken by the muffled sound of their footsteps. As dawn approached, the conditions and visibility were still fairly mild. But a few people began to have second thoughts about pushing on. Goman thought the group could still summit and get down, however, so they pushed and pushed. As the weather worsened, Summers began questioning whether they should turn around. They didn’t. What proceeded was an ordeal like any other in American climbing history.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Mt Hood
2:09 The Mt Hood Tragedy: The Beginning
6:24 The Start of the Climb
7:54 Weather Takes a Turn for the Worse
9:18 Shelter
13:28 The Rescue Commences
15:46 The Horrifying Ordeal on Mt Hood
18:16 Going For Help
20:07 Rescuing the Students
30:11 The Students Found
35:45 The Aftermath
37:53 Conclusion/Survival Tips
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The school mandating such dangerous activities for non-adults? This should be prohibited! Prayers for the bereaved loved ones 🙏
When you decide to enroll in a private school your parents pay tuition and agree to the terms of their policies. sometimes their policies can be quite extreme. Much different than public education.
I attended a private Baptist school in the 1980’s that provided for corporal punishment. I got paddled more than once.
Don't ever climb a mountain when you're expecting bad weather. That's a really bad idea, tragedy may strike.
Yea, I'm just not gonna climb a mountain to begin with.
1992 and I attended an Outward Bound school for 2 weeks. I’m a novice and grew up in the city. It was a beginner intermediate group. Final push in the mountains to climb a small summit around 7000 or so feet the instructors cancelled that small summit attempt due to a storm at the summit but not at lower elevation. I never understood why seemed like no big deal. One instructor was named Thom Mountain. True story. Big old guy. Literally. They’re the professionals and they knew this story. Too risky there in a storm with 6-7 novices. True professionals and have so much respect for them. We did not know what they knew. I just heard of this story today. So long ago but still heartbreaking. My condolences to the families. God bless.
The story I shared above occurred in the Deschute River area just outside of Mt Hood in Oregon. I 💯 know these professionals know of this story and is a pat of their learning and training.
Kids have a ton of energy but it doesnt usually translate into endurance. Its easy to forget that.
They're like greyhounds.
Father Tom got angry when one turned back. A kid like Pat was clearly not going to stand up to a guy like that. He's criminally negligent imo. It cost him his life and innocent kid's lives. Over confidence and complacency are dangerous in leaders. I would never allow my child to do this as a requirement in school. It's ridiculous.
Yeah father Tom was ridiculous. I know some states hypothermia effect his decision. But according to the book, he was being negligent before the cold overtook them.
@@outdoordisasters If anything, the effects of hypothermia only magnified his own bad decision-making. Still, rip to those kids who had to suffer and die for his arrogance.
I've known many of these religious leaders being extremely self righteous , self absorbed , full of pride , and terrible estimators of their own intelligence .
The type of people I have no time or patience for .🤢
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...for his arrogance...and ego!
"Impending bad weather, but confident in his ability to navigate and insure the safety of," - How many times have words like these caused death? Too many to count. Just because one is experienced does not mean they can control nature. So often "familiarity breeds contempt," and costs lives. It is just so sad that innocent children had to pay for one man's arrogance and over confidence in his abilities. Far better to err on the side of caution than to go off thinking you can handle whatever comes. Nature is not to be fooled with. It is to be respected.
Couldn’t agree more. Sometimes too much experience can be as bad as not enough. Especially when we forget to be humble in the face of nature.
Yes, agree! Only experienced swimmers got drowned, and an veteran driver bumps into an an accident easier, simply because they are too sure of themselves. Human nature
Typical wyte male attitude....
I live in Portland, grew up here. I remember those days, looking up at the mountain and feeling the horror in knowing what was happening up there. I love that mountain, but know that many families look at it very differently. It’s a very serious climb, not a small thing to endeavor and every time I’m up there on it I see the beauty and the danger.
Another story close to home. I’ve seen this story told from a dozen different outlets. What a harrowing ordeal for all involved. Again, thank you so much for how you show such reverence and respect to those in the story. I’ll never stop telling you how glad I am that you chose to do this channel! You do such a wonderful job with your scripts and video quality. Still one of my very favorite channels, period! Cheers, my friend! ☺️
Always appreciate your kind words Aaron. Your support is much appreciated.
That comment was from my personal account lol
The Pacific Northwest is a second home for me and still frequent the area which is why likely why many stories are from the area. Oregon and Washington are gorgeous.
I've climbed Mt Hood to the summit! I've been at elevation on her slopes and have seen weather conditions change on a dime. I couldn't imagine taking children up the Hogsback up through the Pearly Gates! Just too risky!
It’s one thing for grown adults to consent to climb a dangerous mountain, but it’s totally different when teenagers are forced to climb a dangerous mountain as a high school graduation requirement. That should never be the case.
The students didn’t have much of a choice in the matter besides being allowed the option to turn back once they had gone through a substantial portion of the climb, but they likely felt pressure not to do so.
As teenagers, they likely felt both peer pressure and pressure from the adults in charge to continue the hike once it had begun.
I agree.
Well said
Taking high school students to ascend MT Hood. 🤯 The 80’s and 90’s were savage. It was a different time for us. Sad for the victims.
Slipped away from this channel for the last few months, had a bit going on.
I forgot how great this channels research, production and narration are.
Great work as always.
Thanks for what you do!
Welcome back!
Timberline Lodge is where the movie 'The Shining' with Jack Nicholson was filmed, (exterior shots only).
I have a painting of the hotel hanging right across the room from me. It’s a special place. I wish the maze existed
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Also Boris Sagal, Katey Sagals dad, lost his life after a helicopter landing at Timberline.
He walked into the tail rotor blades.
Partially decapitating him.
One must always be willing to change, even the best-laid plans to accommodate for changing conditions. In retrospect bailing from the snow cave was the best decision, although it seems likely that not everyone in the group was physically able to down climb…
First in most all. RIP in peace to everyone who didn't survive. Second, I was wondering what was going on inside Father Tom's head before even starting this adventure. With the knowledge of the weather turning bad, it should have been called off all together. If any lesson was learned here, no matter how prepared you think you are always turn back on the first sign of bad weather, if you are on a trail. This goes for any type of weather.
I mean, it depends. Some rain on an easy trail is no problem, especially with right clothing and footwear. But mountain climbing is totally different especially in a snow storm. Also, if there are minors involved, extra caution should always be used.
@@mingiinimene3335 It doesn't "rain" up there. When they say a storm is moving in, it usually means a blizzard, and in this case they were saying a multi-day storm. It was sheer hubris, going up there.
Did the adults check the weather forecast before taking a bunch of kids up a dangerous mountain in winter? Unbelievable
Yes.
Yes they did.
But their ego and arrogance got the best of them and they thought they could handle it while keeping the kids safe!
Well that didn't work out!
Glad I went to public school now!
😠😤🤬
Portland here. This is the best, most detailed telling of this tragedy I've ever seen. I'm confused though...what part of mountaineering, especially in a blizzard, calls for repeatedly changing clothes? In a blizzard? Seems like a waste of time, especially in a rescue. Bless the souls of those lost on the mountain. It's beautiful...and unforgiving. 🌹
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Only in America one guy is building the hut and other 12 guys are just sitting under a tarp freezing their butts off instead of helping him
How ridiculous people have to be???
Tragic on so many levels. My high school had outdoor pursuit programs like this available for all ages of high school students. Truly, it is terrifying to think about if my classmates had failed to ever return from the mountain.
This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌
Can't take all the credit. The book about this story and the podcast helped immensely in my research. But thank you very much!
A good quality recounting of this story. (Lots of low quality presentations of this kind of material out there.)
Thank you, kindly.
Hello, I watched the first one and I'll probably watch the re-upload. Comment is for the Al-gor-ithm.
Wow, this is a very nice series! Good graphics and interesting documentaries.
Thank you very much!
That's just tragic.
Well, Told Story Sir.
Prayers. 😢🙏🙏🙏
R.I.P.
This was an excellent recollection of this event. How was it done? A book? The narration is terrific.
I read the book for research. Also a great podcast about it in the Against the Odds series.
@@outdoordisastersYou did a lot more research than that! This was more like a film of stills interspersed with movie scenes overlaid with such detail in narration. The saddest stories are about the deaths of the young, but you have made an honorable memorial to all involved.
This is very similar to the Cairngorm Plateau disaster in 1971, another school party, another snow storm and another bunch of teachers who thought they'd prove how tough they were to the kids.
Just sad
Watched the original but watched this again so your view stats won't be impacted
Not all heroes wear capes!
Was a very poor decision outing
This story bothers me. Father Tom was not the only problem, there's plenty of blame to go around, starting with the school administration, and the parents who went along with this ill-advised, unnecessary trek. (Some were first-time climbers; there was no need to tackle a formidable mountain like Mt. Hood just because it was in their "backyard.")
Mountain climbing is inherently dangerous. Even highly experienced, professional *adult* climbers die on mountains every year. Things can turn on a dime "up there." The weather forecast was not good. As well, it sounds as though the group was not properly kitted or prepared---no altimeter, one shovel, one sleeping bag, etc.).
These were *young* people, not fully capable of understanding the danger they were undertaking. To them, it was an exciting adventure. They were relying on the good sense and good judgement of the adults in their lives---and the adults failed them, imo.
I'll probably be accused of insensitivity here but my hope is people make better choices when it comes to the safety of their children---this was a big risk---sometimes you have to make the unpopular decision---and say "no." (I'm sure the man who felt "uneasy" about his son's participation wishes every day he'd followed his instincts and said "not today, son.")
RIP
Even as a teen, I doubt they thought this was an exciting adventure!
I hate that kind of cold!
Not my idea of a good time!
Hard enough to just get me to go skiing!
I can't imagine anyone doing that willingly but I know some do.
I just can't! 🥶
Déjà vu..??
Oh, I see it's re-upload..gotcha !!
Unfortunate father Tom was unfit for his position . A man of God should not be prideful, arrogant or such a fool . Responsible for so many deaths, there is a place in Hell for such wolves in lambs clothing. 🤮
Those kids were brought to their death by that crazy Father John. He wanted up-not the kids but they didn’t want to get him angry.
Beta males are a danger to themselves!!
Going on a hike in bad weather is a stupid decision by One old man which result in 9 deaths.