The pair of climbers fell from a peak in Ruth Gorge on Thursday night, the National Park Service said. The surviving climber suffered serious injuries.
By Anchorage Daily NewsOne person was killed and another was seriously injured when the pair fell while climbing a peak in Denali National Park and Preserve on Thursday night, the National Park Service said Friday.
The two-person team was climbing Mount Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak located in the park’s Ruth Gorge, when they fell about 1,000 feet, the park service said in. The fall killed one of the climbers while their partner sustained “serious traumatic injuries,” the park service said. According to the park service, another climbing party on the same route saw the pair fall and notified the Alaska Regional Communication Center around 10:45 p.m. Thursday. That climbing party descended to where the victims had fallen and confirmed one of them had died, according to the park service’s statement.
A high-altitude helicopter pilot and two mountaineering rangers flew from Talkeetna to the site Friday morning, and one ranger was short-hauled via long line to where the climbers were waiting. The ranger and the injured climber were hauled out to a staging area before loading into the helicopter to return to Talkeetna, where the climber was transferred to a LifeMed helicopter, the park service said.
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