Overview

• Emergency crews were dispatched at 11:36 a.m. Sunday to the north side of West Bluff in Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin.
• Paramedics reached the injured climber while he was still breathing, but he went pulseless before a high-angle rope rescue could be implemented.
• Responders used the rope system to recover the body and carried it to the north shore entrance roadway for transfer to the coroner.
• Authorities have not released the climber's name; reports say he was 84 and part of a group at the time of the fall.
• Baraboo Area Fire and EMS highlights its certified rope-rescue team and says this was the fifth climber-related call at the park this year.