B.C. Climber Dies

[JGowans]

Canadian death

 

VICTORIA, B.C. -- A well-known British Columbia mountain climber died after he fell out of a tree while trying to rescue a cat.

 

Daryl Hatten, 49, who blazed trails in the Canadian Rockies and California's Yosemite National Park, died Saturday.

 

He was being paid to rescue a large black house cat for its owner when he slipped from a rain-soaked arbutus tree and fell about 65 feet to a rocky patch on the ground below.

 

Hatten was rushed to Victoria General Hospital, where he died of severe internal injuries, Canadian Press reported.

 

Fire crews returned Sunday to check on the cat. It was still up the tree. Firefighters have not been back since.

 

Friends in the climbing community were organizing a memorial service for Sept. 8.

[Cpt.Caveman]

There was already a thread about this in the Canada forum.

[catbirdseat]

I twice climbed a big cedar tree to rescue my wife's Abyssinian cat. I was sooo sad when one day the cat just disappeared.

[chelle]

CBS go spray somewhere else. This is a sad story and someone died.

[JoshK]

CBS go spray somewhere else. This is a sad story and someone died.

 

How the hell is he spraying? He mearly pointed out he had done the same thing before.

[chelle]

Come on Josh. The comment was not the right way to show empathy or symapthy. And this "I was sooo sad when one day the cat just disappeared" makes it spray.

 

The situation is sad and the climbing community lost a member.