Posted AT 2:36 PM EDT on 28/05/05
Climbers rescued from Mount Logan storm
HAINES JUNCTION, Yukon — Three British Columbia climbers were rescued by helicopter on Saturday after they were trapped for three days in bad weather on Canada's highest peak.
The three men were plucked from Mount Logan between midnight and 1:30 a.m.
High winds hampered the rescue effort Friday night, said Rhonda Markel, an official with Parks Canada.
"The weather was really poor and that's why it took so long.
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