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Solo Climber From New Jersey Found Dead After Fall in Grand Teton National Park, WY

A 27-year-old New Jersey man, Burak Akil, was found dead in Grand Teton National Park’s 12,330′ Teewinot Mountain on Sunday, June 24th 2018, according to park officials. “Akil was climbing solo, wearing a helmet and had appropriate climbing gear, including an ice axe and crampons.” – GTNP Park officials suspect that he fell during his descent. It wasn’t discovered that […]
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Two Local Women Die Climbing in Grand Teton National Park, WY

12,330' Teewinot Mountain, WY. East Face route.

Two young women died while climbing the East Face of 12,330′ Teewinot Mountain in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park on Sunday, according to park officials. There was a third women with the two climbers who was uninjured. The three climbers had reportedly lost the main route to the summit and were navigating more technical terrain than they had bargained for when they fell 200 feet from a ledge at 11,500-feet on Teewinot. The […]
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