Video: heli rescue off highly exposed 14er

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Video: heli rescue off highly exposed 14er

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Imagine descending the north side of Capitol around dusk and then spending the night lost above a cliff and then getting heli'd off the mountain the next day. That's sort of what happened in the video linked below. The mountain is Middle Palisade in California.

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Re: Video: heli rescue off highly exposed 14er

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Wow! Very interesting, those guys are so damn calm and professional. Thanks for the share!
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Re: Video: heli rescue off highly exposed 14er

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Thanks for the link. Fascinating process.
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Re: Video: heli rescue off highly exposed 14er

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Did they have harnesses on ?
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Re: Video: heli rescue off highly exposed 14er

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Unreal!
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