text: Posted Jun 1, 2014 8:44 AM CDT
  Mount Rainier, where six climbers attempting to summit, went missing and are believed dead after search attempts were suspended Saturday, May 31, 2014. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Bettina Hansen)
  (Newser) – Four climbers and two guides who went missing last week almost 13,000 feet up Mount Rainier are now presumed dead after rescuers found their gear at the bottom of a 3,000-foot drop in an area prone to avalanches, reports NBC. "There is every indication there is not a viable chance of survival," says a Mount Rainier National Park ranger, calling the area "incredibly hazardous. We are not able to get into that area; it would put our staffers on the ground at risk." The group last made contact via sat phone at 6pm Wednesday; a search began midday Friday when no further contact had been made. Helicopter crews spotted the gear from the air yesterday.
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  Jun 1, 2014 2:48 PM CDT
  We lost a minister the other day on Mt. Hood. He came all the way from New Jersey to make his fatal step. Me, I hate melting snow this time of the year and the quick weather changes. There are better seasons to climb.
  Jun 1, 2014 9:35 AM CDT
  WHY DO IT!! "BECAUSE IT'S THERE"!! ADRENLIN JUNKIES!!!(An adrenaline junkie is a person addicted to the thrill of the adrenaline rush: the exciting, pleasurable effect LIKE CLIMBING A BIG A__ MOUNTAIN!! and RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR WHAT? ANYONE? there ya go!!