Northwest:
Notes from All Over:
–Gripped is reporting that, “32-year-old man is dead following a climbing accident on Mount Hungabee in Yoho National Park on Aug. 15. Details on the incident remain limited. The climber was originally from Quebec, but was recently living in Banff.” To read more, click here.
–There’s limited information right now, but it appears a climber’s body was recently recovered in the Wind River Range. Early reports indicate that it was probably Thor Hallingbye, 41, on Gannett Peak.
–Climbing is reporting that, “the revered Canadian alpinist Barry Blanchard has suffered a serious head injury while on vacation in Saskatchewan, Canada. On August 8, Blanchard, 62, slipped on some stairs, hitting a concrete floor and sustaining skull fractures and brain bleeding. His guiding employer, Yamnuska Mountain Adventures, has set up a GoFundMe page to aid what is expected to be a long recovery process.” To read more, click here.