Climber dies after 2 fall on mountain in Denali National Park in Alaska

NBC News— One climber died and another was seriously injured after the two-person team fell around 1,000 feet while climbing a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park, officials said Friday, The fall off Mount Johnson occurred Thursday night, the National Park Service said in a statement. The climbers were roped together and climbing the 5,000-foot route known as “the Escalator” when they fell, the park officials said. Their names were not released. The second climber suffered "serious traumatic...

CNN—One climber dies, one survives with traumatic injuries after 1,000-foot fall off mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park. One person is dead and another is seriously injured after a two-person climbing team fell 1,000 feet while ascending a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park on Thursday. The two roped climbers were climbing the “the Escalator” route on Mt. Johnson, which is a “steep and technical alpine climb on the peak’s southeast face” involving a “mix of steep rock, ice, and snow,” according to a release from the park. Another climbing party on the same route saw the fall and alerted the Alaska Regional...

The Independent—Climber dies after 1,000ft fall from Alaska mountain. The two-person climbing team were ascending ‘the Escalator’ on Mt Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak in Denali National Park, when they fell

The Guardian—Body of climber who died after 1,000ft fall recovered from Alaska mountain. Robbi Mecus, 52, and climbing partner, who was rescued and hospitalized, fell from Mount Johnson in Denali national parkA helicopter crew on Saturday recovered the body of a climber who died after falling about 1,000ft (305 metres) while on a steep, technical route on Mount Johnson in Alaska’s Denali national park and preserve, park officials said in a statement.Robbi Mecus, 52, of Keene Valley, New York, died of injuries sustained in a fall Thursday while climbing a route on the south-east face...