1.   With no means of escape, the stranded climbers knew that they were done for.

2.   Dave Mull, a member of American Medical Response, was among those called to rescue the stranded climbers, only to see the rescuers themselves become victims.

3.   Later that day, Nepalese sherpas trying to reach the stranded climbers found Fischer just below the summit, tethered to a rope and in a coma.

4.   Rescuing stranded climbers is costly.

5.   The rangers, carrying extra supplies and prepared for an overnight stay, made their way down to the stranded climbers.

6.   The summer rescue season began on Mount Rainier Wednesday when four stranded climbers were plucked from the summit by a big Chinook helicopter.

7.   Four stranded climbers and five rescue rangers were plucked from Mount Rainier by a high-altitude helicopter two days after the hikers were stranded by an avalanche.

8.   The helicopter came down in bad weather shortly after rescuing two stranded climbers.

9.   The Air Force helicopter -- hovering near six stranded climbers and three who had died when they fell into a crevasse -- suddenly slammed into the mountainside,