Unroped Italian climber Luciano Colombo, 67, slipped while making a steep traverse near Denali Pass and fell 1,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley Monday morning.
The accident was the second fatality on North America's highest peak in less than a week. On Thursday, Swiss climber Beat Niederer, 38, died at the 18,000-foot level. A cause of Niederer's death has not been established, but several climbers in his party suffered from severe frostbite in the wind-whipped, sub-zero cold that battered McKinley last week.
On Monday, several climbers at the 17,200-foot high saw Colombo fall about 10 a.m.
Ranger Matt Hendrickson with the National Park Service and three fellow patrollers were able to reach Columbo and confirm that he had perished. Two of Columbo's teammates were traveling farther ahead at the time of the fall, which happened in clear weather with calm winds.
Columbo's body was taken to the 17,200-foot camp, and it will be recovered.
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