As one of the men began rappelling off the piton, it ripped out of the mountain ... like ice tool — down the mountain. "There is no trail, basically wild," Tselykh described to dispatch.

The survivor spent hours extricating himself before walking back to his car parked near a user trail just east of Washington ... anchor point — known as a piton — which they found already ...

The four men were attached to it somehow, and one of them was rappelling down when that piton came loose from the ... feet of elevation back to a user trail near Highway 20, where their car ...

A journey to the remote Indian Ocean island reveals the story behind the fragrant, delicious, ubiquitous spice—and the ...

It's believed an anchor they were using, called a piton, became dislodged and all ... east to a community about 25 kilometres from the trail head. "He took the long route," Yarnell reportedly ...

Hikers Rescued After Falling from Icy Mountain Trail: 'First Victim Slid into the ... told the AP that the anchor — described as a piton — used to fasten the climbers’ ropes was torn ...

They were all tied to the same anchor point, known as a piton, while descending the Early ... light while snowshoeing and would always break trail for the other climbers, Nguyen became known ...

The piton ripped out as they were descending the ... After extricating himself, he walked back to his car parked near a “user trail” and drove 42 miles west to Newhalem where he called 911 ...

(Okanogan County Sheriff's Office via AP) This 2021 photo provided by shows Monkey Flowers along the trail in North Cascades ... a metal spike called a piton, appeared to have been placed there ...

Three King County residents fell to their deaths while climbing in the North Cascades the weekend of May 10, while a fourth climber survived.

As one of the men began rappelling off the piton, it ripped out of the mountain ... like ice tool — down the mountain. “There is no trail, basically wild,” Tselykh described to dispatch.

The piton ripped out as they were descending the ... After extricating himself, he walked back to his car parked near a "user trail" and drove 42 miles west to Newhalem where he called 911 using ...