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. ย 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. ย The piece of gear was a rappel device that was being raised to […] Industry News CragBrains | July 26, 2016 4 Comments
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 4 Comments