A lady died after she pushed one other climber to security in Utah when an ice column break up and fell, a sheriff’s workplace in northeast Utah mentioned Tuesday.
Three individuals have been climbing Raven Falls on Sunday when the column fell, the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
A person was hospitalized, and the third climber was unhurt and in a position to drive to Duchesne to dial 911 for assist.
“The climber that pushed her fellow climber out of the best way of the falling ice was trapped beneath two large blocks of ice and didn’t survive,” it mentioned.
The girl, described solely as a 41-year-old, was discovered lifeless Monday afternoon with the assistance of Utah and Wasatch County search and rescue crews, the Duchesne Metropolis Volunteer Fireplace Division and volunteer ice climbers, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The push “most likely saved her life,” the workplace mentioned of the 21-year-old climber, who was in a position to depart the scene to hunt assist.
A 34-year-old man fell 40 ft and was taken to a hospital with severe accidents, it mentioned. His situation was unavailable Tuesday.
Any attainable relationship among the many climbers was not clear.
The Mountain Undertaking, a crowd-sourced web site for climbers, describes Raven Falls as a well-regarded frozen waterfall 110 ft excessive.
Duchesne is about 114 miles southeast of Salt Lake Metropolis. The low temperatures in a single day Sunday reached the mid-30s in Duchesne, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service.
Alex Lo and Austin Mullen contributed.
