US EditionProvo Man Dies From Fall at Glacier National Park
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A demanding search and rescue operation took place in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps yesterday.
On Sunday afternoon, mountain rescuers and police found two dead mountaineers, aged 40 and 27, who had been reported missing by their relatives on the glacier below Skuta at an altitude of around 2,000 meters. Both were experienced mountaineers, but they had an accident on a demanding mountaineering route where there was no belay.
The findings so far indicate that both of them, who were otherwise experienced mountaineers, fell from a great height on the ridge pass between Koroška Rinka and Skuta.
Provo man dies in climbing accident at Glacier National Park - TownLift, Park City News
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — A 42-year-old Utah man died after he fell while descending a mountainside in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana, authorities said Friday. Brian Astle, of Provo, Utah, fell while going down an off-trail climbing route on the west face of Mount Gould. The accident above a popular hiking route known as the Highline Trail was reported Wednesday afternoon. Astle’s body could not be recovered safely until Thursday…
On Sunday, rescuers found a 40-year-old mountaineer dead at an altitude of around 2,000 meters on the glacier below Mount Skuta, and then a 27-year-old mountaineer dead above the glacier on a small rock ledge in the wall. Both were experienced mountaineers, and initial findings indicate that they fell from a great height on the ridge pass between Koroška Rinka and Skuta.
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