Three rock climbers died in a fall while rappelling down the side of a steep gully near North Early Winters Spire in the ...

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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 ...

A rock climber who survived a long fall that killed his three companions hiked back to his car despite serious injuries and told a 911 dispatcher that he could “hardly breathe,” according to a ...

It’s a bright and early Monday morning on Mount Lemmon. The landscape of steep slopes is full of boulders, shrubs and tall saguaro cactuses. Gunshots from the shooting range nearby can be heard ...

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 ...

A group of four climbers was involved in a fall believed to be caused by “an anchor failure” while descending a steep gully in the North Early Winters Spire area of North Cascades National Park. The ...

Three rock climbers died in a fall while rappelling down the side of a steep gully near North Early Winters Spire in the ...

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.

SEATTLE – Three King County residents fell to their deaths while climbing in the North Cascades over the weekend, while a fourth climber survived.