Hiker Dies After Slipping Off 85-Foot Cliff in Roped Off Area of Red Rock Canyon, CO A hiker has died after falling 85-feet off a cliff at Red Rock Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs Tuesday afternoon. Police believe the fall was accidental but that the hiker was in an area he wasn’t supposed to be in, out of bounds of any trails. Related: VIDEO: How to Stay Alive in the Mountains – The Deadliest Colorado 14ers […] SnowBrains | July 25, 2019 0 Comments
University Student Dies in 1,600-Foot Fall While Climbing Ben Nevis, UK’s Highest Mountain A climber has died after falling more than 1,600ft on the UK’s highest peak, Ben Nevis. The man was climbing the Scottish mountain with a fellow climber from Cardiff University Mountaineering Club, who miraculously survived the same plunge with just a couple of broken bones. The pair, in their 20s, were scaling Tower Gully on the mountain’s North Face and were […] Climbing CragBrains | December 17, 2018 0 Comments
Israeli Teenager Falls to Death Trying to Take Selfie at Edge of Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, CA An Israeli teen on a tour of the US fell 820-feet to his death while trying to take a selfie on the edge of a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, according to reports. 18-year-old Tomer Frankfurter apparently lost his balance and slipped while trying to take a photo of himself at the edge of Nevada Fall before falling 820 feet […] CragBrains | September 7, 2018 0 Comments
3 Climbers Roped Together Fall to Deaths After Equipment Fail in Mont Blanc Massif Three climbers from the same group died on Mont Blanc in the French Alps at around 10.30 am on Thursday morning. The tragedy took place on the Dômes de Miage mountain peaks in the southern area of the Mont Blanc massif at an altitude of 11,811-feet. The climbers, who were from the same roped party, appear to have fallen as […] Climbing CragBrains | August 4, 2018 0 Comments
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