Kelly McDermott
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, officials said.
One MRA member was seriously injured in the attempted body recovery by a “massive rockfall” that was likely triggered by recreational climbers above them on the Knife Edge, according to a news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. The MRA volunteer was flown to a Denver-area hospital for emergency surgery.
Meanwhile, the body of Kelly McDermott of Madison, Wisconsin, remains in a precarious spot about 500 feet below the Knife Edge, and it was unclear Wednesday when the recovery might be re-attempted.
3 hit by rockfall while trying to recover hiker s body
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3 hit by rockfall while trying to recover body of Wisconsin hiker
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