YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Yakima County Sheriff’s office says a man spent the night on the mountain where his father died following a climbing accident.
Authorities says the young man, in his 20s, was climbing Mount Adams with his 60-year-old father on Sept. 14 when the weather deteriorated and the two decided to turn back. While descending, the elder man fell and slid down a steep slope. The son said that by the time he reached his father, he was dead.
The sheriff’s office says the young man spent the night on the mountain and couldn’t call authorites to report the accident because of no cell phone service.
The two men are from Aurora, Ore.
Sgt. Jerrold Towell says a team will comb the mountain Friday to look for the father’s body.
