Three climbers fell 400 feet to their death. One climber survived and drove to a pay phone

Sole survivor of 400-foot climbing fall drove 40 miles to call 911

The sole climber who survived a 400-foot fall in Washington’s North Cascades National Park passed out for several hours, woke up in the dark and drove 40 miles to a pay phone to call for help, telling the dispatcher he could “hardly breathe,” newly released recordings reveal. Anton Tselykh was the only survivor after he and three climbing friends slid into a sheer mountainside gully, known as a couloir, when their climbing anchor failed last wee…

A climber who survived a steep fall that killed his three companions walked back to his car despite suffering serious injuries and told a 911 dispatcher that he "can barely breathe," according to a…

Sole survivor of a 400-foot rock climbing fall told 911 dispatcher he could ‘hardly breathe’

A rock climber who survived a long fall that killed his three companions hiked back to his car despite serious injuries and told a 911 dispatcher that he could “hardly breathe,” according to a recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Anton Tselykh and his climbing partners were descending a gully between towering granite spires in Washington’s North Cascades mountains on Saturday evening when an anchor securing their ropes tore out t…

Sole survivor of a 400-foot rock climbing fall told 911 dispatcher he could 'hardly breathe'

A rock climber who survived a long fall that killed his three companions hiked back to his car despite serious injuries and told a 911 dispatcher that he could “hardly breathe,” according to a recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.Anton Tselykh and his climbing partners were descending a gully between towering granite spires in Washington's North Cascades mountains on Saturday evening when an anchor securing their ropes tore out th…

Climber Survives 400-Foot Fall That Killed 3 Others

It was late in the afternoon and lightly snowing when four rock climbers, working their way up a steep gully between two peaks in Washington’s North Cascades Range, decided to turn around for a descent down the mountain that would claim three of their lives. As they climbed down, the four attached their ropes to a piton—a metal spike pounded into rock cracks or ice and used to secure ropes—that had been placed by a past climber. As one of the me…

Three climbers dead after 200ft fall - while one 'miraculously' survives

Vishnu Irigireddy, 48, Tim Nguyen, 63, Oleksander Martynenko, 36, died while climbing down a steep gulley on the 7,800ft Early Winters Spire peaks in Washington on Sunday.