Rescuers Are Trying to Reach 4 Climbers Who Fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s Tallest Peak
Rangers are waiting for safer flying conditions as the climbers’ injuries remain unknown and three teammates returned to camp after helping them.
- On Thursday, the National Park Service reported that four climbers fell near Denali Pass at 18,200 feet on Mount McKinley, North America's tallest peak, prompting an ongoing rescue mission.
- Members of a seven-person team, the four climbers fell late Wednesday while three companions attended to their fallen partners before returning to high camp at 17,000 feet.
- Rangers are seeking a weather window to reach the area by helicopter, though the climbers' conditions "weren't immediately known" following the accident, Denali National Park and Preserve said.
- Separately, Alaska region park service spokesperson Scott Carr confirmed rangers evacuated two climbers by helicopter around 11 p.m. Wednesday in an unrelated incident.
- As of Thursday, 516 climbers were on Mount McKinley; mountaineers frequently encounter hundreds of others during the busy season while attempting the popular West Buttress route.
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4 Climbers Fall on Mount McKinley
Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska's Mount McKinley, North America's tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday. The climbers' conditions weren't immediately known following the fall, which was reported to Denali National Park and Preserve rangers overnight, and rangers were seeking a weather window...
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The Independent (US)Rescue efforts underway for four climbers who fell on Mount McKinley
The climbers’ conditions weren’t immediately known following the fall
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