Overview
- The surviving 29-year-old partner called for help around 2 p.m., and strong cell service helped rescuers pinpoint the pair.
- Flight for Life helicopters made multiple approaches but were unable to land as winds increased on the steep, rocky peak.
- A Colorado National Guard Black Hawk picked up Alpine Rescue Team members and lowered technicians to the climbers after nightfall.
- Two rescuers reached the fallen man and found no signs of life, and another reached the woman who was stranded on a ridge in a precarious position.
- The woman and the man's body were off the mountain by about 8 p.m., ground teams exited around 9 p.m., the man's identity remains unreleased, and the cause of the fall is still unknown.