(Trends Wide) — A 26-year-old woman from Boulder, Colorado, died after falling approximately 500 feet while solo climbing a ridge in the state’s Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday, the park said.
The unidentified woman’s 27-year-old climbing partner called park rangers to report that her partner had fallen from Blitzen Ridge on Ypsilon Mountain, the National Park Service said in a statement Monday.
He free-soloing is a risky rock climbing technique in which climbers ascend without ropes, assistance, or safety equipment, leaving them without protection in the event of a fall.
Search-and-rescue team members reached the climbing partner uninjured Sunday night, though his location required them to request assistance from the Colorado Air National Guard, the Park said. A Buckley Air Force Base helicopter was used to remove the man.
Early Monday morning, a search and rescue team scoured the area above Ypsilon Lake to prepare for the recovery of the woman’s body by helicopter, according to the statement. The body was then moved to another part of the park and later transferred to a medical examiner’s office, which will determine the cause of death, the statement said.
This is the second death reported in Rocky Mountain National Park this month. A 25-year-old man died last week after falling and being swept underwater in the park’s West Creek Falls.
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(Trends Wide) — A 26-year-old woman from Boulder, Colorado, died after falling approximately 500 feet while solo climbing a ridge in the state’s Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday, the park said.
The unidentified woman’s 27-year-old climbing partner called park rangers to report that her partner had fallen from Blitzen Ridge on Ypsilon Mountain, the National Park Service said in a statement Monday.
He free-soloing is a risky rock climbing technique in which climbers ascend without ropes, assistance, or safety equipment, leaving them without protection in the event of a fall.
Search-and-rescue team members reached the climbing partner uninjured Sunday night, though his location required them to request assistance from the Colorado Air National Guard, the Park said. A Buckley Air Force Base helicopter was used to remove the man.
Early Monday morning, a search and rescue team scoured the area above Ypsilon Lake to prepare for the recovery of the woman’s body by helicopter, according to the statement. The body was then moved to another part of the park and later transferred to a medical examiner’s office, which will determine the cause of death, the statement said.
This is the second death reported in Rocky Mountain National Park this month. A 25-year-old man died last week after falling and being swept underwater in the park’s West Creek Falls.
