| Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Edith | Not recorded | Female | Death | Not recorded |
On February 17-18, 1968, enroute back from an exploratory trip to the Paradise ice caves, Edith Anderson died of exposure following a night in an improvised snow cave. Mrs. Anderson, her husband Charles, and David Mischke had hiked to the ice caves to continue an exploration and photography program initiated earlier in the winter.
Starting the hike in unreasonably balmy weather, they were dressed mainly in cotton clothing and were not equipped for the winter conditions. As they left the ice caves for the return trip in midafternoon, the weather deteriorated and soon they were wandering in a blizzard white-out, unable to find their way either to Paradise or back to the cave. Using a pan they carried, they dug a cave into a snow cornice and crawled in for the night, the woman between the two men for warmth, since she was the coldest.
That night and next morning, after being alerted by friends of the missing persons, Park rangers made several unsuccessful efforts to reach the ice caves and to search the terrain enroute. Visibility was so poor in the severe storm that at times searchers could not see the lights of the Thiokol snow vehicle 50 feet away. Conditions prevented their contacting the missing trio until the second morning, after Mischke had found his way to Paradise to give directions.
Upon arrival at the 2-foot-square, 6-foot-deep hole, the rangers found Anderson in a mild state of shock, but easily evacuated. Mrs. Anderson was apparently not breathing and had no perceptible pulse or pupillary reaction. Upon arrival at Paradise Ranger Station she was pronounced dead.