Search resumes on the Grand for missing climber LARAMIE, WY (wpr) - Rescue crews in Grand Teton National Park should be resuming the search for a missing climber. They had suspended work overnight.
This was after the rescue teams used helicopters to remove 16 other injured climbers last night. They were in the exposed mountains after a thunderstorm and lightning struck the area.
A hospital spokeswoman says all the climbers suffered injuries related to lightning strike, including minor trauma and burns.
A park spokeswoman says the 17th climber disappeared over a cliff on the west face of the 13,770-foot Grand Teton.
A helicopter and three park rangers who spent the night in a high-altitude hut planned to begin searching at first light where the climber was seen.
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