Climber Fatality on the Cassin Ridge
06/14/2010 | by Denali National Park and Preserve News Release
A 27-year-old Belgian mountaineer was killed in a fall while climbing the
Cassin Ridge of Mt. McKinley in the early afternoon of Monday, June 7.
Joris Van Reeth of Borgerhout, Belgium was leading a highly technical section of the route known as the Japanese Couloir when his anchor appeared to fail and he fell 100 feet in rocky terrain.
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Avalanche in the Ruth Gorge Claims Two Lives
06/14/2010 | by Denali National Park and Preserve News Release
Two climbers were killed in an avalanche in the Ruth Gorge of Denali National Park and Preserve the afternoon of Saturday, May 29. Canadian
Andrew Herzenberg, age 39, and Israeli Avner Magen, age 42, both current residents of Toronto, Ontario, were descending a steep snow and ice gully wedged between Werewolf Tower and London Tower on the southeast side of the
Gorge when the avalanche occurred.
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