Often referred to as "the Greathouse accident," the most highly publicized tragedy in Mount Rainier climbing history occurred on July 2, 1929 when six climbers slid into a deep crevasse on upper Ingraham Glacier. Apprentice guide and Lincoln High School football coach Forrest Greathouse and climber Edwin A. Wetzel were killed and the other four climbers badly injured. The search and rescue operation spanned six days, with the body of Forrest Greathouse recovered on July 7th, chopped from the snow and ice by Park Ranger Charles Browne, who had been lowered into the crevasse.

This photograph depicts the group of men who conducted the second, successful search for Forrest Greathouse's body. Standing left to right: Dr. Otto Strezik, Walter Best, Otto Geise, Lewis Buckmaster, Charles Browne, Harry Hale, Kenneth Olson, John Day, Monty Snider, Nulson Widman, and Ben Thompson.