Hood River County Sheriffs Joe Wampler, right, and Chris Guertin announce in Hood River, Ore., Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, that the search for two climbers still missing on Mount Hood has been suspended. An incoming storm halted search efforts.
Search and rescue crews ascend the summit of Mount Hood, Ore., after they were dropped off by a Chinook helicopter, Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, in the attempt to recover the body of a climber. The body of climber Kelly James was found in a snow cave Sunday and rescue crews are attempting to remove him from the mountain today as the search continues for his two fellow climbers.
Two searchers prepare to retrieve the body of Kelly James from the snow cave on Mount Hood, Ore., Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, where the missing climber's body was discovered the previous day. James' fellow climbers, Brian Hall and Jerry Cooke, are still missing. The three men had set out on Dec. 7 for what was to be a two-day trip.
Karen James, right, wife of Kelly James, and Michaela Cooke, wife of Jerry Cooke, support each other following a news conference Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006 at the airport in Hood River, Ore. They are wives of two of the three climbers who went missing last week. Crews searching for the climbers on Mount Hood found Kelly James' body Sunday inside a snow cave.
A Chinook helicopter hovers over the summit of Mount Hood after the body of one of the missing climbers was found inside a second snow cave above Government Camp, Ore., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. A temporary weather break paved the way for the biggest push yet since the three men, two Texans and a New Yorker, were reported missing a week ago on what was to have been a quick climb of the 11,239-foot peak.
Para-rescuers unload after returning to Hood River airport from a snow cave, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006, in Hood River, Ore. Rescuers looking for three missing climbers on Mount Hood found a body in the area where one of the climbers made a distress call a week ago.
Rescuers start their ascent from 8,500 feet to the summit of Mount Hood in search of three missing climbers near Government Camp, Ore., above the Timberline Lodge Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. A temporary weather break paved the way for the biggest push yet since the three men, two Texans and a New Yorker, were reported missing a week ago on what was to have been a quick climb of the 11,239-foot peak.
Kelly James, left, and Brian Hall, shown in undated family photos, are among three climbers reported missing on Mount Hood, near Copper Spur, Ore. The body of Kelly James was found in a snow cave Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. Rescue teams continued to search for the other two climbers reported missing in heavy snow as they tried to scale the peak's treacherous north face.
Jerry Cooke pictured with his wife, Michaela. Jerry Cooke is one of the three missing climbers on Mount Hood.
Frank James, the older brother of Kelly James, one of the three lost climbers on Mount Hood, is shown with head lowered as Capt. Chris Bernard, of the Air Force 304th Rescue Squadron, unseen, speaks with reporters at Hood River Ranger Station, in Mt Hood, Ore. Friday, Dec. 15, 2006. Bernard said weather was worse on the mountain Friday but that a break is expected on Saturday that might improve rescue possibilities.
Maj. Allan Renwick with 152nd airlift wing circles Mount Hood in a C-130 airplane while helping to search for missing climbers, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, near Hood River, Ore. Officials said a C-130 aircraft equipped with thermal imaging would continue flying around the 11,239-foot mountain during the night, looking to pick up body heat from the missing climbers, who left Dec. 7 on what was to be a two-day trip.
Capt. Chris Bernard, of the Air Force 304th Rescue Squadron holds a note left by the three climbers lost on Mount Hood at the Hood River Ranger Station before setting out on their climb, during a news conference Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, in Mt. Hood, Ore. Frank James the older Kelly James, one of the lost climbers is shown looking on in the background.
The Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit searches the north side of Mount Hood, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, in Oregon. After battling high winds and blowing snow, search teams suspended the search for two Texans and a New Yorker for the day without success.
The Corvallis Mountain Rescue Unit searches the north side of Mount Hood, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, in Oregon before high winds and blowing snow forced search teams tp suspend the search for two Texans and a New Yorker for the day without success.
A sign at the Tilly Jane Trail Head sign on Mount Hood, Ore., is shown Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, near the rental car of three missing climbers on Mount Hood. Rescue teams headed up the flanks of treacherous Mount Hood on Tuesday to search for three climbers reported missing in heavy snow.
A note is seen in the rental car of three missing climbers on Mount Hood, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Rescue teams headed up the flanks of treacherous Mount Hood on Tuesday to search for the three climbers reported missing in heavy snow.
Members of a rescue team load a Snow Cat before searching for three climbers missing on Mount Hood,Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Rescue teams headed up the flanks of the treacherous mountain on Tuesday to search for three experienced climbers reported missing in heavy snow Sunday.
A member of a rescue team hikes in to start searching on Mount Hood, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Rescue teams headed up the slopes of the treacherous mountain to search for three climbers reported missing in heavy snow.
Portland Mountain President Steve Rollins listens to his radio as searchers were called back to base because of blizzard-like conditions and near zero visibility on Mount Hood Monday, Dec. 11, 2006. Rescuers were looking for three climbers missing on the 11,000-foot mountain since Sunday.
A view of Mount Hood is shown from The Dalles, Ore., in this June 13, 2005, file photo. Search teams headed up the mountain to look for three climbers reported missing in snowy weather, after one man called his family on a cell phone to say he was stranded in a snow cave near the 11,235-foot peak.