A 52-year-old woman died and her climbing partner was seriously injured after they fell approximately 1,000 feet off of a mountain in Denali National Park in Alaska, officials said.
Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak located in Denali National Park and Preserve’s Ruth Gorge, according to a statement from the National Park Service.
“The reporting party then descended to the accident victims and confirmed one climber had died in the fall,” the National Park Service said.
The surviving climber, a 30-year-old woman from California, sustained “serious traumatic injuries,” the National Park Service said.
A mountaineering ranger was short-hauled via long line and rescued the injured climber, the National Park Service said.
The patient was then evacuated to Talkeetna and flown to an Anchorage hospital for advanced medical care, the National Park Service said.
They returned Saturday at 8 a.m. local time and were able to recover her body, the National Park Service said.
Johnson who helped save a fellow climber’s life,” Denali National Park Superintendent Brooke Merrell said in a statement.
According to officials, a 52-year-old woman lost her life and her climbing partner suffered serious injuries when they fell about 1,000 feet from a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park.
The incident happened on Thursday night while the two-person climbing team was ascending Mount. The National Park Service released a statement about Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak situated in Ruth Gorge of Denali National Park and Preserve.
The accident happened as the roped climbers were ascending “the Escalator,” a steep and technical alpine route on the peak’s southeast face, according to the National Park Service.
About 10:45 p.m., a different climbing party on the route noticed the fall and alerted park rangers. M. according to the National Park Service, local time.
“The National Park Service stated that the reporting party subsequently went down to the accident victims and verified that one climber had perished in the fall.”. “During the night, the responders treated the injured climber who was still alive by excavating a snow cave. “.”.
The National Park Service stated that the climber, a 30-year-old woman from California, had “serious traumatic injuries.”.
At around seven in the morning. M. Two mountaineering rangers and the pilot of the park’s high-altitude rescue helicopter took off from Talkeetna on Friday. The injured climber was rescued by a mountaineering ranger who was short-hauled using a long line, according to the National Park Service.
The National Park Service said that after receiving advanced medical attention, the patient was airlifted to Talkeetna and transported to an Anchorage hospital.
In an attempt to retrieve the climber’s body, the park helicopter and two rangers went back to the scene on Friday, but the National Park Service reported that they were “turned back due to deteriorating weather and increasing cloud cover.”.
On Saturday morning, they made their way back. me. The National Park Service reported that they were able to retrieve her body at local time. Robbi Mecus, 52, of Keene Valley, New York, was identified as the person in question.
“We are appreciative of the two good Samaritans on Mount and the Denali mountaineering rangers’ efforts in saving lives. superintendent of Denali National Park Brooke Merrell said in a statement. Johnson who assisted in saving the life of a fellow climber.”. “We send Robbi Mecus’s friends and family our deepest sympathies. “.
