Marc Springer - Rescuers hoped weather would clear today so they could recover the body of a mountain climber who died in a weekend fall on Devil's Thumb, about 120 miles southeast of Juneau.
Marc Springer, 30, of Layton, Utah, died sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning. Details surrounding the fall were not immediately known, Alaska State Troopers said.
Springer was part of a four-member team doing a week-long climb of the 9,007-foot mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border near Baird Glacier.
When the weather turned bad, two of his climbing partners, Mark Anderson, 22, of New Mexico, and Janelle Jakulewicz, 26, of Utah, were taken off the mountain late Friday.
But the crew of the private helicopter company was not able to return for Springer and climbing partner Mike Anderson when the weather worsened.
Mike Anderson called Temsco Helicopters in Juneau on Saturday morning to report Springer had fallen to his death sometime during the night.
A Temsco helicopter was waiting at base camp this morning for the weather to clear so Anderson could be picked up and Springer's body recovered.
"The memorial that God created for Marc is probably the most magnificent in the world. It's truly an eternal monument," said his father, Max Springer. "The Devil's Thumb will be designated the final resting place."
The Springer family plans to make a trip to see his final resting place, and have created a titanium sunflower memorial to be bolted to the mountain near the body.
The memorial is similar to one placed in Ogden Canyon where Springer's wife, Angela, died in a car accident three years ago.
There will also be a marker placed next to his wife's headstone in Lindquist's Memorial Park in South Ogden.
Climber recalls grim wait for rescue
Posted: Tuesday, August 06, 2002
By LISA ROSKELLEY
Standard-Examiner
Marc Springer, 30, of Layton, Utah, died sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning. Details surrounding the fall were not immediately known, Alaska State Troopers said.
Springer was part of a four-member team doing a week-long climb of the 9,007-foot mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border near Baird Glacier.
When the weather turned bad, two of his climbing partners, Mark Anderson, 22, of New Mexico, and Janelle Jakulewicz, 26, of Utah, were taken off the mountain late Friday.
But the crew of the private helicopter company was not able to return for Springer and climbing partner Mike Anderson when the weather worsened.
Mike Anderson called Temsco Helicopters in Juneau on Saturday morning to report Springer had fallen to his death sometime during the night.
A Temsco helicopter was waiting at base camp this morning for the weather to clear so Anderson could be picked up and Springer's body recovered.
"The memorial that God created for Marc is probably the most magnificent in the world. It's truly an eternal monument," said his father, Max Springer. "The Devil's Thumb will be designated the final resting place."
The Springer family plans to make a trip to see his final resting place, and have created a titanium sunflower memorial to be bolted to the mountain near the body.
The memorial is similar to one placed in Ogden Canyon where Springer's wife, Angela, died in a car accident three years ago.
There will also be a marker placed next to his wife's headstone in Lindquist's Memorial Park in South Ogden.
Climber recalls grim wait for rescue
Posted: Tuesday, August 06, 2002
By LISA ROSKELLEY
Standard-Examiner
Marc Springer - Rescuers hoped weather would clear today so they could recover the body of a mountain climber who died in a weekend fall on Devil's Thumb, about 120 miles southeast of Juneau.
Marc Springer, 30, of Layton, Utah, died sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning. Details surrounding the fall were not immediately known, Alaska State Troopers said.
Springer was part of a four-member team doing a week-long climb of the 9,007-foot mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border near Baird Glacier.
When the weather turned bad, two of his climbing partners, Mark Anderson, 22, of New Mexico, and Janelle Jakulewicz, 26, of Utah, were taken off the mountain late Friday.
But the crew of the private helicopter company was not able to return for Springer and climbing partner Mike Anderson when the weather worsened.
Mike Anderson called Temsco Helicopters in Juneau on Saturday morning to report Springer had fallen to his death sometime during the night.
A Temsco helicopter was waiting at base camp this morning for the weather to clear so Anderson could be picked up and Springer's body recovered.
"The memorial that God created for Marc is probably the most magnificent in the world. It's truly an eternal monument," said his father, Max Springer. "The Devil's Thumb will be designated the final resting place."
The Springer family plans to make a trip to see his final resting place, and have created a titanium sunflower memorial to be bolted to the mountain near the body.
The memorial is similar to one placed in Ogden Canyon where Springer's wife, Angela, died in a car accident three years ago.
There will also be a marker placed next to his wife's headstone in Lindquist's Memorial Park in South Ogden.
Climber recalls grim wait for rescue
Posted: Tuesday, August 06, 2002
By LISA ROSKELLEY
Standard-Examiner
Marc Springer, 30, of Layton, Utah, died sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning. Details surrounding the fall were not immediately known, Alaska State Troopers said.
Springer was part of a four-member team doing a week-long climb of the 9,007-foot mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border near Baird Glacier.
When the weather turned bad, two of his climbing partners, Mark Anderson, 22, of New Mexico, and Janelle Jakulewicz, 26, of Utah, were taken off the mountain late Friday.
But the crew of the private helicopter company was not able to return for Springer and climbing partner Mike Anderson when the weather worsened.
Mike Anderson called Temsco Helicopters in Juneau on Saturday morning to report Springer had fallen to his death sometime during the night.
A Temsco helicopter was waiting at base camp this morning for the weather to clear so Anderson could be picked up and Springer's body recovered.
"The memorial that God created for Marc is probably the most magnificent in the world. It's truly an eternal monument," said his father, Max Springer. "The Devil's Thumb will be designated the final resting place."
The Springer family plans to make a trip to see his final resting place, and have created a titanium sunflower memorial to be bolted to the mountain near the body.
The memorial is similar to one placed in Ogden Canyon where Springer's wife, Angela, died in a car accident three years ago.
There will also be a marker placed next to his wife's headstone in Lindquist's Memorial Park in South Ogden.
Climber recalls grim wait for rescue
Posted: Tuesday, August 06, 2002
By LISA ROSKELLEY
Standard-Examiner
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AS THEY BEGIN THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER FILLED WITH DREAMS, DESIRES & HOPE, HE’LL STILL PROBABLY WANT TO CLIMB MOUNTAINS WITH ANGIE THERE HOLDING THE ROPE.
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