US EditionThree climbers fell 400 feet to their death. One climber survived and drove to a pay phone
- A rock climber survived a 400-foot fall while descending a steep gully at Early Winters Spires in Washington's North Cascades on a recent night.
- The group of four climbers turned around amid approaching storm conditions, and the accident likely resulted from an anchor failure involving an old piton.
- The survivors extricated themselves from tangled equipment despite head trauma and internal bleeding, then hiked to their car and called for help from a pay phone.
- Authorities led by search and rescue chief Cristina Woodworth investigated the site with a helicopter due to rough terrain and found a weathered piton still clipped into the ropes.
- Officials emphasized that fatal falls involving three individuals are highly uncommon, noted that numerous aspects of the incident are still unclear, and expressed a desire to obtain further information from the surviving climber as the situation continues to evolve rapidly.
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Sole survivor of 400-foot climbing fall drove 40 miles to call 911
The sole climber who survived a 400-foot fall in Washington’s North Cascades National Park passed out for several hours, woke up in the dark and drove 40 miles to a pay phone to call for help, telling the dispatcher he could “hardly breathe,” newly released recordings reveal. Anton Tselykh was the only survivor after he and three climbing friends slid into a sheer mountainside gully, known as a couloir, when their climbing anchor failed last wee…
Sole survivor of 120-meter fall tells 911 he can barely breathe.
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The RecordSole survivor of a 400-foot rock climbing fall told 911 dispatcher he could ‘hardly breathe’
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 recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Anton Tselykh and his climbing partners were descending a gully between towering granite spires in Washington’s North Cascades mountains on Saturday evening when an anchor securing their ropes tore out t…
Sole survivor of a 400-foot rock climbing fall told 911 dispatcher he could 'hardly breathe'
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 recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.Anton Tselykh and his climbing partners were descending a gully between towering granite spires in Washington's North Cascades mountains on Saturday evening when an anchor securing their ropes tore out th…
US Man Climbs To Safety After Plunging 400 Feet In Fatal Accident
What do you do after falling off a mountain, losing your climbing partners, and suffering life-threatening injuries? If you’re the unnamed 38-year-old climber from Seattle, you somehow get up… and walk out.In an accident that reads like the opening scene of a survival thriller, a group of four climbers was descending the Early Winter Spires. They were in Washington’s northern Cascades.What Happened?Their gear failed—sending all of them plummetin…
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