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Missing climber from Seattle likely triggered avalanche in Alaska, fell
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Two mountain climbers missing in Alaska likely triggered a small avalanche, and officials said Tuesday the projected path of their suspected fall would end at a heavily crevassed glacier.
“That is the area we are focusing our aerial search efforts in the days to come,” Denali National Park and Preserve spokesperson Maureen Gualtieri said.
Eli Michel, 34, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Nafiun Awal, 32, of Seattle, are presumed to have fallen Friday while climbing the West Ridge route of Moose’s Tooth — a 10,300-foot mountain in Ruth Gorge, about 12 miles southeast of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, park officials said.
Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/missing-climber-seattle-triggered-avalanche-alaska-fell/281-295ccd5b-4d08-401c-9dfe-a95c7b39141d