Mountaineers can't 'call Renny' for help anymore
Rules say climbing ranger must retire.


By Kelsey Dayton, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
March 31, 2010


On a cord around his neck Renny Jackson wears his wedding ring and the medallion of St. Bernard, the patron saint of alpinists and skiers.

His ring hangs by his chest to avoid stripping his finger of flesh if the ring ever gets pulled off in a fall from a mountain. The medallion he wears as protection for himself and also the more than 3.5 million visitors Grand Teton National Park sees each summer.


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The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.