Started a Wildfire to Cover It ・Thumbprint Found in 1977 Murder Returns a Hit This article originally appeared on Newser: Anchor Ripped Out of Rock Before Climbers' Fatal Plunge ...

Anton Tselykh managed to extricated himself from ropes, gear and debris before trekking over rough terrain, driving 40 miles ...

Three rock climbers tragically fell to their deaths on Sunday in Washington's North Cascades National Park when the anchor point they were using failed, authorities say. The three men ages 36 ...

After examining the equipment late Monday, it appeared the anchor point — a piton — ripped out of the rock, Cristina Woodworth, who leads the sheriff’s search and rescue team. “You could ...

They found a piton — basically a small metal spike that is driven into rock cracks or ice and used as anchors by climbers — that was still clipped into the climbers' ropes. Pitons are often ...

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 ...

Despite suffering internal bleeding and head trauma, Anton Tselykh hiked to his car in the dark and drove to a payphone.

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.

As Manzanares makes her way up the jagged crevices of the mountain, she attaches her quickdraw, which has two carabiners, to an anchor. “Clipping!” she says to Junek after each anchor until ...