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Mountain climber suffers multiple injuries after falling 200 feet

By Christa Swanson Click here for updates on this story     Colorado (KCNC) — A climber in Colorado was rescued Monday after falling 200 feet while climbing Maroon Peak. According to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, the 20-year-old was climbing alone around 10 a.m. when they fell around 200 feet, leaving them with multiple injuries. Another climber on the peak happened to witness the fall and descended to help them. The witness called for hel…

Mountain climber suffers multiple injuries after falling 200 feet | News Channel 3-12

By Christa Swanson Click here for updates on this story     Colorado (KCNC) — A climber in Colorado was rescued Monday after falling 200 feet while climbing Maroon Peak. According to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, the 20-year-old was climbing alone around 10 a.m. when they fell around 200 feet, leaving them with multiple injuries. Another climber on the peak happened to witness the fall and descended to help them. The witness called for hel…

Solo climber takes 200-foot fall on technical 14,163-foot mountain peak in Colorado

An intense rescue mission took place in the area of Aspen on Monday, after a climber took a big fall on one of the local fourteeners.

Maroon Peak climber rescued after falling 200 feet

A 20-year-old climber was rescued on Maroon Peak Monday, July 9, by Mountain Rescue Aspen and HAATS after suffering multiple injuries from a 200-foot fall. The Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center received a mutual aid request from Gunnison County around 10:02 a.m. Another climber had witnessed the injured person, who was solo, fall and land at approximately 13,622 feet, and descended to provide aid before help arrived. Rescue person…

Injured climber rescued on Maroon Peak in Pitkin County after 200-foot fall

A rescue team hoisted a 20-year-old climber to safety Wednesday after the person was injured falling 200 feet while climbing Maroon Peak near Aspen in Pitkin County.