Climbers rescued from mountain as weather clears up

Friday, October 22, 2004

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- Rangers completed a dramatic rescue Thursday of two climbers from a snowy mountain and removed the ice-encrusted bodies of two other hikers who died on the peak in an unexpected early blizzard in the Sierras.

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