US EditionThree climbers fell 400 feet to their death. One climber survived and drove to a pay phone
- Four climbers descended a steep gully at Early Winters Spires, North Cascades, Washington, when three fell about 400 feet on Saturday evening.
- The accident likely occurred due to an old piton anchor failure, though details remain unclear and investigators have yet to interview the survivor.
- The group was on a moderately difficult route involving ice, snow, and rock, where weather conditions can quickly alter risks and terrain.
- Rescuers found the site using coordinates shared by a friend, removed the bodies via helicopter, and noted the piton still clipped to the ropes.
- One climber survived despite internal injuries, hiking to his car then driving to a pay phone, while responders continue to seek more information from him.
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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…
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…
Indian-origin techie among 3 killed in tragic climbing accident in US - The Tribune
Vishnu, 48, a resident of Seattle, was attempting to climb North Early Winters Spire area of the Cascades along with his three friends, Tim Nguyen, 63, Oleksander Martynenko, 36 and Anton Tselykh, 38, on Saturday when the accident happened.
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