Accidents in North American Mountaineering 2004

able accident Alaska Alberta Alpine ambulance Analysis ankle approximately ascended assistance avalanche Banff National Park Base Camp belay belayer Boulder Bradford White Canada Warden Service Canyon carabiner cell phone Chris cliff climbers climbing partner clipped Couloir County Sheriff's crack Crag Creek crevasse Crockett descend Editor's Note evacuation FALL ON ROCK fatalities feet fell fixed line fracture frostbite gear Glacier Grand Teton gully harness helicopter helmet Hesticks hike ice climbing incident injuries John Dill Kananaskis Country knot Lake leading ledge Lopez Lupine Meadows meters Mount McKinley Mountain Rescue move pain Parks Canada Parks Canada Warden party Pedro protection pulled rappel rappel anchor rappel device rescuers ridge rockfall rope route short-haul slab slings slope snow solo Source steep summit Talkeetna Team Homer terrain Tharpe top of pitch traverse unroped Volkov wall weather West Buttress Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley