KIRO TV says that rappelling is a rock-climbing technique used to descend a vertical surface, like a wall or cliff, by sliding down a rope. It’s a controlled descent where the rope is anchored ...

3 Renton climbers die in North Cascades rock climbing accident, 1 survivor. KIRO 7 News Staff. Mon, May 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM UTC. ... like a wall or cliff, by sliding down a rope.

A rock climbing incident caused four climbers to fall hundreds of feet while descending a steep gully in Washington's North Cascades mountains over the weekend. Three were killed in the fall.

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.

Three rock climbers died in a North Cascades climbing accident. ... Rock climbing accident claims 3 lives in North Cascades by: Aimee Plante. Posted: May 13, 2025 / 04:46 PM PDT.

Three King County residents fell to their deaths while climbing in the North Cascades over the weekend, while a fourth climber survived.. They were rappelling down the side of a steep gully near ...

A worker with Yosemite Hospitality, the concessionaire in Yosemite National Park, fell to his death while rock climbing in the park, according to a spokesperson with Aramark Corporation, the ...

A rock climbing accident killed three in the North Cascades. The accident took place in the North Early Winters Spire, not far from Mazama, a busy area for rock climbers.

The group of Seattle-area climbers who died May 10 while attempting to descend a climbing route in the North Cascades made a series of mistakes in the lead-up to the accident that resulted in the ...

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.

Memphis Rox Climbing Gym is known as one of the largest nonprofit rock climbing gyms in the world, including bouldering and top-rope walls, but the record-breaking facility was consumed by tragedy on ...