JRCO Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Denver Channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafflehunter Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 A sad way to go. "Rocky Mountain Rescue Group member Kevin Harner said it's the first climbing death from asphyxiation he's ever heard of." I guess he's never heard about a climber being killed in an avalanche where the climber was buried alive in the snow and subsequently died of asphyxiation?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 A guy I work with said he saw a guy die this way ice climing in New Hampshire in the 70's. They used to use a keep cord on the ice tools clipped to a shoulder sling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 A sad way to go. "Rocky Mountain Rescue Group member Kevin Harner said it's the first climbing death from asphyxiation he's ever heard of." I guess he's never heard about a climber being killed in an avalanche where the climber was buried alive in the snow and subsequently died of asphyxiation?? You're trusting the news media more than the rescuer? DPS, thanks for posting. I had not heard of an actual climbing fatality with an MOI of strangulation. Maybe this is a little inappropriate, but I would not have expected death by asphyxiation -- I would have thought an injury to the cervical spine or loss of blood to the brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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