MAZAMA, Wash. — The survivor of a deadly climbing fall in the North Cascades shared Wednesday what led up to the accident that killed three people on Mother's Day. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office ...
A climbing group of four met with disaster when the anchor securing their ropes -- a piton -- appears to have failed as they were descending in a steep gully, trying to reach the spire’s base in ...
On the day of the hike, two things were evident as soon as I stepped outside for my ride to the base of Gros Piton. First, it would be much hotter than I would ever consider for a hiking day in ...
A rock climber survived a 400-foot plunge at a Washington state national park – a fall that killed his three friends – and then drove to a payphone even with horrific injuries Saturday. Anton Tselykh, ...
(AP) - A rock climber who fell hundreds of feet descending a steep gully in Washington’s North Cascades mountains survived the fall that killed his three companions, hiked to his car in the dark and ...