Rise up: How a 100-foot fall cracked open a new purpose for a Loveland climber
Posted: 1:42 PM, Mar 05, 2021
Updated: 2021-03-09 13:54:33-05
When a Loveland professional climber fell 100 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park, he statistically should have died. But in his comeback, Craig DeMartino has not only returned to climbing himself, but is helping others who ve experienced trauma heal through the sport.
LOVELAND, Colo. â When he landed, everything exploded.
Craig DeMartino, 36 at the time, fell from a small ledge â two inches thick and six feet long â about four miles in the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park. It was July 2002.