The sole survivor of a rock climbing accident that killed three others in Washington state's North Cascades National Park is in satisfactory condition—a fact that's nothing short of "miraculous," an ...

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 ...

Three people have died, and one person survived after a rock-climbing accident in Washington on Sunday. Four climbers fell while descending from a steep gully, according to the Okanogan County Sheriff ...

The man, suffering from internal bleeding and head trauma, not only survived the 400-foot fall but was able to trek to his ...

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What caused the deadly fall at the popular climbing spot is still under investigation, but the sheriff said it appears the climbers' anchors failed as they were rappelling down the rock face.

The group was rock climbing in the Early Winter Couloir and began descending “after noticing a storm coming in,” Yarnell told the Times. All four climbers were tied to the same anchor point ...

Rock climbers secure themselves by ropes to anchors, such as pitons or other climbing equipment. The ropes are intended to arrest their fall if they should slip, and typically climbers use backup ...

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Three people died and a fourth was injured while rock climbing in the North Cascades ... gulley near North Early Winters Spire when their anchor failed, sending them falling on May 11.