The UNTHINKABLE 1986 MT. HOOD Disaster - KIDS Pressured NOT TO TURN BACK In The Face of a STORM...

In 1986, 20 people, including 15 young students (mostly 14-15 years old) took off from Timberline Lodge to climb MOUNT HOOD, the tallest mountain in the state of OREGON. TRAGEDY quickly followed as they kids were pressured to keep moving despite an incoming STORM...

The students were participating in Basecamp, a program run by the school following the principles of Outward Bound, and required for all tenth graders. Led by Thomas Goman, the school's chaplain, the expedition set off from Timberline Lodge, just west of the route up Mount Hood, on Monday May 12, 1986, at 2:30 a.m. The forecast predicted a multi-day storm, but Goman believed that the climb would be complete before the worst of the weather hit. The party consisted of 20 people: 15 students, a student's mother, Goman, one administrator, and two guides, Dee Zduniak from Outward Bound and Ralph Summers.

Video footage used for this documentary:

Mt. Hood 4K Drone Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHA-AYpR38

Mt. Hood Above The Clouds Aerial Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mwuHeSdoA

Mt Hood, Oregon 4K Drone Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU_Uqt2GkTw

Climbing the Summit of Mt. Hood | Peak Northwest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-JoKE22TU

Crevasse Opens Up on Mt. Hood’s South Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVP3LEvxi3o

Tragedy on Mt. Hood – May 1986 | KATU In The Archives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRi-GXRyeRA

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