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Dead climber had goal to climb Hood monthly

An undated photo provided by the Oregon State Police shows Jared Townsley. Search and rescue teams on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 found the body of Townsley, an experienced mountaineer who apparently died in a severe fall during icy conditions on Oregon's Mount Hood, authorities said. (Oregon State Patrol)
An undated photo provided by the Oregon State Police shows Jared Townsley. Search and rescue teams on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 found the body of Townsley, an experienced mountaineer who apparently died in a severe fall during icy conditions on Oregon's Mount Hood, authorities said. (Oregon State Patrol)

MOUNTAINEERING -- Jared Townsley had a goal this year to ascend Mount Hood once a month.

The 32-year-old from Tigard was a skilled climber who had already scaled the mountain more than a dozen times, sometimes solo, the Oregonian reports

Sunday night, Townsley headed up for a climb that turned out to be his last.

Tuesday morning, search teams recovered the body of the computer engineer near White River Canyon after he fell to his death while descending in icy conditions.

Read the report from the Oregonian here.

Read a report from Townsley's home town paper quoting the family here.

Read the AP report on the rescue/recovery here.
 

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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