Yak Peak Rescue

Teams save stranded climbers in dangerous helicopter rescueA pair of climbers stranded on a cliff face near Hope were finally rescued on Wednesday after a number of attempts to pluck the pair off the cliffside on Tuesday night failed due to bad weather, wildfire smoke and darkness. The pair were scaling the granite face of Yak Peak, near the Coquihalla summit, when one fell and suffered a head injury. Both climbers remained suspended by their ropes and harnesses on the cliff face, presenting an