1 climber dead, another seriously hurt after 1,000-foot fall on Alaska peak

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a climber is dead and another seriously injured after falling about 1,000 feet while on a steep, technical route on Mount Johnson in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve. A statement from the park says the fall Thursday night was witnessed by another climbing party, who reported it around 10:45 p.m. and descended to where the climbers had fallen. They confirmed that one of the climbers had died and dug a snow cave and tended to the hurt climber overnight. A rescue helicopter retrieved the injured climber Friday but was turned back by deteriorating weather when it returned later to recover the climber who died.