A rescue bid for a quartet of wind-battered climbers stranded on Mount Rainier with little gear was in its third day Wednesday, having been set back time and again by winds gusting to 50 mph and poor visibility. The climbers were pinned down without their tent at an elevation of 13,500 feet, not far below Liberty Cap on the north side of Mount Rainier, park staff reported Wednesday.

A rockfall high up on Mount Rainier killed one climber and left two others with injuries that required that they be rescued by helicopter, while three other climbers were unharmed.

Nineteen months after the beginning of a major renovation project on the historic Paradise Inn's Annex at Mount Rainier National Park, May 17 marked the grand reopening of both the inn and annex to the public. Photographer Rebecca Latson was present to mark the celebration, meet those involved in the historic restoration, and witness for herself the results of this amazing undertaking that occurred at an elevation of 5,400 feet above sea level, under summer sun and winter snows.

Since 2008, a program to return fishers, a small forest carnivore, to Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades national parks has been an ongoing effort with help from Washington's National Park Fund. Though not an overnight success, some of the relocated animals are sticking around.