<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska &mdash; Two mountaineers experiencing high-altitude sickness were taken to a hospital in Anchorage after spending days in the wild, officials said Wednesday. Another was treated for minor frostbite injuries.</p>
<p>The three were part of a group eight clients and four guides in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. All 12 were removed Tuesday from Klutan Glacier, southeast of Mt. Bona.</p>
<p>The group were at the 14,000 feet (4,267.-meter) level when they contacted park officials Saturday for help for three ailing mountaineers, Alaska National Guard spokesperson Maj. Chelsea Aspelund said. </p>
<p>The group traveled down to the 10,000-foot (3,048-meter) level where a National Guard Chinook helicopter landed,</p>
<p>The initial plan was to only remove the three ailing mountaineers, and the others were going to continue their expedition, Aspelund said. </p>
<p>The rescue played out over several days as poor weather — including 60 mph (97 kph) winds and snow — prevented helicopters from landing in about 20 attempts The poor weather also made the guide’s aircraft unable to land.</p>
<p>“As they weather made the extraction so much harder and multiple days at that point, when the Chinook landed, they were like, ‘OK, let’s all go,’ ” Aspelund said.</p>