3 dead, 1 injured after rock climbing fall in Washington mountains
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OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. (WJW) — Three people fell to their deaths and one person was badly hurt after a rock climbing accident in Washington State.
A group of four people were involved in a fall while descending a 'steep gully' in the North Cascades, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office posted on Facebook.
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According to the Seattle Times, the fall happened Saturday night or Sunday morning, but crews responded to the scene around 11:30 Sunday morning after the surviving member of the party managed to call for help.
Okanogan County Undersheriff David Yarnell told the publication the four climbers had been tied to the same anchor point, which he pointed out is 'not preferred.'
After examining the climbers' equipment, the head of the sheriff's search and rescue team said it appeared the anchor point the group used ripped out of the rock and the climbers fell about 400 feet, the Seattle Times reported.
Three of the climbers died at the scene.
The climber who survived the fall managed to walk back to the car and drive to a payphone to call for help, the outlet reported. He was hospitalized with internal bleeding and a traumatic brain injury.
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A rescue helicopter was called to the scene to help extricate the bodies from the 'technical, mountainous terrain,' the sheriff's office post said.
The victims' names were not released, but the sheriff's office said they were 36, 47, and 63 years old.
'Our thoughts are with the family members and friends of those involved,' the post concluded.
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