52-Year-Old Climber Dies After 1,000 Feet Fall From Alaska Mountain
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Park officials said that Robbi Mecus died of injuries sustained in the fall while climbing a route on Mt Johnson, known as "the Escalator".
A 52-year-old man died and another was seriously injured after falling 1,000 feet off a steep Alaska mountain in Denali National Park. According to The Independent, the two-person climbing team was ascending a technical route on Mount Johnson when they fell from the peak on April 25. Park officials said that Robbi Mecus died of injuries sustained in the fall while climbing a route on Mt Johnson, known as "the Escalator". They added that the approximately 5,000-foot route involves navigating a mix of steep rock, ice and snow.
The other climber, a 30-year-old woman from California, was seriously injured. She was rescued on Friday and flown to an Anchorage hospital, park officials said, as per the outlet. Another climbing party on the route witnessed the fall and alerted the Alaska Regional Communication Center at approximately 10:45 pm, the National Park Service said in a statement.
"The reporting party then descended to the accident victims and confirmed one climber had died in the fall. The responders dug a snow cave and attended to the surviving climber's injuries throughout the night," the statement read.
