Mountain Rescue Aspen volunteers hurt in rock slide after finding Wisconsin man missing since Sunday.
Author: Jason Auslander (Aspen Times)
Published: 6:53 PM MDT August 4, 2021
Updated: 6:53 PM MDT August 4, 2021
ASPEN, Colo. — Three members of Mountain Rescue Aspen were injured Wednesday on Capitol Peak trying to recover the body of a 32-year-old man missing since Sunday, an official said.
The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office and volunteers with MRA began searching for Kelly McDermott of Wisconsin on Monday after friends reported that he didn’t come back from climbing the 14,130-foot peak near Aspen, Pitkin County Undersheriff Alex Burchetta said Wednesday afternoon.