Legends of the Tetons | "The Impossible Rescue" at Grand Teton National Park

Lorraine McCoy, then 21, was belaying her climbing partner Gaylord Campbell on the North Face of the Grand Teton on Aug. 22, 1967, when she heard an explosion — a loud bang of rock bouncing off rocks. She was situated beneath an overhang and unable to see her partner. She tightened the rope he was attached to above, expecting a fall. But instead of feeling the rope go taut with the loading of body weight, it came back empty, the rope severed. Thus began one of the most famous rescues in Grand Teton National Park, the first to happen on the 13,775-foot Grand Teton’s famous North Face.

0:00 Introduction
0:47 Grand Teton National Park
1:46 Gaylord Cambell and Lorraine McCoy Climbing Disaster
5:23 Jenny Lake Rangers Rescue
13:39 The Aftermath
15:52 Conclusion/Survival Tips

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