Climber Dead After 2-Person Team Falls 1,000 Feet Off Alaska Mountain [Video]

One mountain climber is dead and another is injured after the two-person team fell 1,000 feet while climbing in Alaska on April 25.

According to a press release from the National Park Service, two climbers — identified on April 27 as 52-year-old Robbi Mecus and an unnamed 30-year-old California woman — were attempting to scale Mount Johnson, an 8,400-foot peak in Denali National Park, when they fell, resulting in the death of Mecus and the other woman sustaining serious traumatic injuries.

According to a previous press release from the NPS, the two climbers were attempting to take a route up the mountain known as “the Escalator” at Preserve’s Ruth Gorge, which involved a “steep and technical” 5,000-foot climb amid rocks, ice and snow on the southeastern side of the peak.

The “Escalator” route on Mt. Johnson. The “X” indicates the approximate location of the rescue of the surviving climber, the NPS said.

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The mountaineers were using ropes and attempting to …