Avid Colorado climber remembered as passionate adventurer, ‘wonderful human'
DENVER (KDVR) — The partner of an avid Colorado climber says he slipped while picking up a piece of trash left behind by another recreationist, leading to his death.
Sarah Zubrin spoke with FOX31's Talya Cunningham about Marc Horan's death Sunday in Boulder Canyon. She said that Horan was trying to pick up a littered soda can before he slipped, falling 20 feet to his death.
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It's been less than 24 hours since the incident. Zubrin found Horan after the fall. They had gone climbing in Boulder Canyon along with Zubrin's 7-year-old daughter and a few friends. She said that Horan spotted the litter and went to grab it, without rope support and without a helmet.
Zubrin told Cunningham that they were separated briefly while he scrambled up some rocks to grab the trash, but when he didn't return to the trail, she went looking for him. That's when his body was found.
'I could tell he had fallen and was deceased before I got to him, he did not have a pulse,' Zubrin said. 'I've never experienced something so difficult in my life.'
She told Cunningham how she's now grappling with the grief, but that her love story with Horan was something that many don't find in their lifetime.
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'Every night before we went to sleep, we would kiss goodnight and say 'I love you' because we found each other later in life and it was like one of those things that we know our time together's limited, you never know what days going to be the last day,' Zubrin recounted.
She called Horan kind and caring, adding that he had a passion for adventure and wasn't a stranger to climbing.
'Marc was one of the most kind, caring human beings I've ever known. He was very passionate for adventure,' Zubrin said. 'He was a wonderful human being and just a really good person. I love him and miss him so much.'
Horan's death was unexpected, and his family is now trying to raise money to cover funeral expenses. They've set up a GoFundMe here.
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