The men have been grounded since Monday on the same route where a hiker was killed last week, the National Park Service said.
Authorities were into their third day on Wednesday working to rescue four hikers on the same route on Mount Rainier in Washington where a man was killed and two other people were injured in a rockfall last week, the National Park Service said.
The men, who were signaling for help, were spotted Monday afternoon by a reconnaissance helicopter but were unable to to continue because of high winds that blew away or destroyed their tent and other equipment, the park service said. The winds made an immediate rescue impossible, along with a backup plan to drop equipment to the climbers, the agency said.
Even an Army Chinook helicopter from Joint Base Lewis-McChord was unable to reach the men twice on Tuesday, first because of cloud cover and then because of the wind, it said. The Liberty Ridge route was closed indefinitely on Wednesday for the safety of both the rescue teams and the public, it said.
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