BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say one man was killed and another was seriously injured when they fell into a glacial crevasse while climbing on Mount Baker.
The Bellingham Herald reports (https://goo.gl/TDTdiB ) the two men were at the 6,000-foot level on Sholes Glacier near Coleman Pinnacle Saturday afternoon when they apparently slipped and fell.
Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo says the man killed was an active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces.
Elfo says the man who was hurt was flown by helicopter Saturday to a Bellingham hospital with “significant injuries.”
Elfo says local search-and-rescue volunteers and members of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office search-and-rescue team helped Whatcom County Sheriff’s officials recover the other climber’s body Sunday.
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Information from: The Bellingham Herald, https://www.bellinghamherald.com
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