...Jon Houlberg was the rescue swimmer. Kluting and Gerald Gangle of Sitka Mountain Rescue were aboard along with Petersburg climber Dieter Klose, who Kluting said is known as the "father of Devils Thumb" because of his expertise and experience...

...in the 1940s. Last week, a highly experienced Petersburg climber Zac Hoyt was rescued from an ice fall below the...been repelled due to lack of ice near the summit. Petersburg climber Dieter Klose, the man most familiar with the Thumb...

A Petersburg climber was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard from Devils Thumb on Tuesday after falling down a 100-foot crevasse, where he spent the...