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Also, not true... See my sibling comment to yours about the Marine Corps transport that went down on South Thomas Glacier on Rainer in '46. Most of the plane an

Also, not true... See my sibling comment to yours about the Marine Corps transport that went down on South Thomas Glacier on Rainer in '46. Most of the plane and the bodies are still up there, buried in the glacier, and the area has been permanently closed to recreational climbing, as a resting place for the dead Marines onboard.

missedthecue 4y ago
Obviously wrecks in national/state parks will be protected.
- SkittyDog 4y ago
  No, the decision to protect the plane wreck as a burial-in-place had nothing to do with it being a national park. In 1946, simply setting foot onto the Tahoma Glacier required a highly technical mountaineering expedition. There were no helicopters at that time to bring in search & rescue personnel or to remove bodies. Park rangers and the Navy determined that a huge team of mountaineers would be required, and it would take them several weeks to extricate the bodies, by hand and on foot. A recovery could only have taken place in the late Summer/Fall, when the snow was at it's lowest level--but that would also require exposing the recovery team to the worst dangers of rockfall, crevasses, etc while they worked and camped on the glacier. The risk to rescuers was simple too great, and there were no feasible alternative options at the time. https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 Listen, this is the THIRD time in row that you've asserted something that's just factually false, on this topic... Don't you think it would be a good idea to do some research and educate yourself about this topic, before you make any more comments about it? I mean this with respect... We all have gaps in our knowledge, and I assume that growing your knowledge is important to you? https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 https://www.historylink.org/File/7820

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Also, not true... See my sibling comment to yours about the Marine Corps transport that went down on South Thomas Glacier on Rainer in '46. Most of the plane an

by SkittyDog 4y ago

missedthecue 4y ago
Obviously wrecks in national/state parks will be protected.
- SkittyDog 4y ago
  No, the decision to protect the plane wreck as a burial-in-place had nothing to do with it being a national park. In 1946, simply setting foot onto the Tahoma Glacier required a highly technical mountaineering expedition. There were no helicopters at that time to bring in search & rescue personnel or to remove bodies. Park rangers and the Navy determined that a huge team of mountaineers would be required, and it would take them several weeks to extricate the bodies, by hand and on foot. A recovery could only have taken place in the late Summer/Fall, when the snow was at it's lowest level--but that would also require exposing the recovery team to the worst dangers of rockfall, crevasses, etc while they worked and camped on the glacier. The risk to rescuers was simple too great, and there were no feasible alternative options at the time. https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 Listen, this is the THIRD time in row that you've asserted something that's just factually false, on this topic... Don't you think it would be a good idea to do some research and educate yourself about this topic, before you make any more comments about it? I mean this with respect... We all have gaps in our knowledge, and I assume that growing your knowledge is important to you? https://www.historylink.org/File/7820 https://www.historylink.org/File/7820