At approximately 8:00 a.m. this morning, Friday, Aug. 27, two park rangers on a climbing patrol on the Yellow Wall route on the Diamond of Longs Peak, witnessed a fall of a technical climber from Broadway Ledge. The climber fell down the North Chimney Route from Broadway Ledge to Mills Glacier, roughly 800 feet. The rangers reached the man's body at 10:00 a.m.
The victim's body was flown to a helispot in the Upper Beaver Meadows area of the park at 2:10 p.m. His body was then transferred to the Boulder County Coroner. The identification of the man is under investigation.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
