Fatal fall in Washington’s North Cascades kills 3, leaves 1 survivor

Three climbers from Renton Washington died over the weekend after falling during a climb in North Cascades National Park Personnel from the Okanogan County Sheriff s Office and Okanogan County Search and Rescue assistants responded to reports of a climbing accident near North Early Winters Spire nearly miles west of Mazama Washington at about a m on Sunday The responders learned that a party of four climbers from Renton which is a suburb of Seattle were involved in a fall while descending a steep gully the Okanogan County Sheriff s Office disclosed When crews arrived at the accident site they located three of the climbers dead MISSING CLIMBER IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IDENTIFIED DEAD AFTER SUFFERING APPARENT FALLAccording to the Okanogan County Coroner s Office the three people who died were ages and The fourth climber though self-extricated and was able to contact law enforcement about the affair -YEAR-OLD ROCK CLIMBER FALLS DIES AT STORIED CLOSE ENCOUNTERS FILMING LOCATION NATIONAL PARK SERVICEThe Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Association assisted with the extrication of the three dead climbers from the mountainous terrain A preliminary analysis has determined that the accident happened after an anchor failed while the climbers were rappelling down the steep terrain though the inspection is still ongoing MOUNT EVEREST REMAINS ASSUMED TO BE CLIMBER WHO VANISHED YEARS AGOThe National Park Function did not forthwith respond to Fox News Digital s request for comment on the matter The sheriff s office thanked the search and rescue supporters and Snohomish County helicopter crews for helping with the tragic happening Our thoughts are with the family members and friends of those involved the sheriff s office disclosed