Parks Canada rescues 3 climbers stranded on Mount Logan

Parks Canada has released some video from the rescue Thursday ofthree strandedclimbers fromYukon's Mount Logan, located inKluaneNational Park.

AnneMorin, a field unit superintendent for Parks Canada,saidaParks Canada rescue team from Kluanewent in toretrievethe climbers, supported by thevisitor safety team in Banff,a pilot from Trans North Helicopters, and members from the U.S. NationalParks Service inDenali National Park inAlaska.

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The three climbers, all men, are from Canada and Alaska. Two of the men had previous experience on Mount Logan.

Sian Williams of Icefield Discovery, a company which expedites climbers to the mountain, said the company had flown the climbers to the East Ridge of Mount Logan three weeks ago.

Clint Walker, operations manager for Trans North Helicopters, said Dion Parker, the company'sbase managerin Haines Junction,made three round trips in aAS350 B3 helicopterfroma staging area near the base of the mountain to the extraction point at an elevation of around5,300 metres.

The companyhad a secondhigh-altitude equippedhelicopter standing by at the Haines Junction base if needed.

The climbers and teamwere all safely in HainesJunction by 10:30 p.m. Thursday night.

Morin added that"as always, [the rescuers]are a very impressive and professional team that do us all very proud."