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UPDATE: Details Emerge About Mountain Guide Death on Grand Teton, WY

42-year-old Exum mountain guide Gary Falk fell to his death while guiding clients on the Grand Teton on Saturday.  New information has revealed that Gary had unclipped from an anchor at the top of the Owen-Spalding rappel to free a piece of gear that had become stuck.  The piece of gear was a rappel device that was being raised to […]

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CragBrains | July 26, 2016
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Mountain Guide Falls To Death While Guiding the 13,770′ Grand Teton, WY

An Exum mountain guide fell to his death while guiding a group of clients down from a successful summit of the 13,770′ Grand Teton in Wyoming yesterday. Guide Gary Falk, 42, died after falling 2,400 feet from the top of the Owen-Spalding rappell into Valhalla Canyon at 10:30am on Saturday. Two park rangers were flown onto the peak to investigate […]

CragBrains | July 24, 2016
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