Ranger dies in rescue of fallen party on Mount Rainier

A ground support team of climbing rangers heads up the Glacier Basin Trail toward Camp Schurman on the east side of Mount Rainier, Friday, June 22, 2012. They are participating in the operation begun the previous day which rescued a fallen party of climbers near the top of the mountain and resulted in the death by falling of climbing ranger Nick Hall. (Peter Haley/Tacoma News Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)