reporter: famous for inspiring stephen king s the shining. reporter: he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early. it was a romantic weekend, after all. then saturday afternoon, they set out for rocky mountain national park to go on a hiking trail harold had scouted out a few months earlier. but just about 24 hours in, the perfect weekend turned tragic. 911, what s the address of your emergency? hello, my name is harold henthorn, and i m in the rocky mountain national park. okay. i need an alpine mountain rescue team immediately. reporter: it was just before 6:00 and harold needed help urgently. my wife has fallen from a rock on the north summit of deer mountain. on the deer mountain trail. and she s in really critical condition. reporter: harold told the 911 operator that toni had fallen from the edge of a cliff. we need to be sure that you know my location first. i have really bad cell coverage. okay. okay. i m on deer mountain. reporter: immed
inspiring stephen king s the shining. thank you. reporter: he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early. it was a romantic weekend, after all. then saturday afternoon, they set out for rocky mountain national park to go on a hiking trail harold had scouted out a few months earlier. but just about 24 hours in, the perfect weekend turned tragic. 911, what s the address of your emergency? hello, my name is harold henthorn, and i m in the rocky mountain national park. okay. i need an alpine mountain rescue team immediately. reporter: it was just before 6:00 and harold needed help urgently. my wife has fallen from a rock on the north summit of deer mountain. on the deer mountain trail. and she s in really critical condition. reporter: harold told the 911 operator that toni had fallen from the edge of a cliff. we need to be sure that you know my location first. i have really bad cell coverage. okay. okay. i m on deer mountain. reporter: immediately, th
hotel in estes park. reporter: famous for inspiring stephen king s the shining. reporter: he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early it was a romantic weekend, after all. then saturday afternoon, they set out for rocky mountain national park to go on a hiking trail harold had scouted out a few months earlier but just about 24 hours in, the perfect weekend turned tragic. 911, what s the address of your emergency hello, my name is harold henthorn, and i m in the rocky mountain national park okay. i need an alpine mountain rescue team immediately. reporter: it was just before 6:00 and harold needed help urgently my wife has fallen from a rock on the north summit of deer mountain on the deer mountain trail and she s in really critical condition. reporter: harold told the 911 operator that toni had fallen from the edge of a cliff we need to be sure that you know my location first
all. then saturday afternoon, they set out for rocky mountain national park to go on a hiking trail harold had scouted out a few months earlier. but just about 24 hours in, the perfect weekend turned tragic. 911, what s the address of your emergency? hello, my name is harold henthorn, and i m in the rocky mountain national park. okay. i need an alpine mountain rescue team immediately. reporter: it was just before 6:00 and harold needed help urgently. my wife has fallen from a rock on the north summit of deer mountain. on the deer mountain trail. and she s in really critical condition. reporter: harold told the 911 operator that toni had fallen from the edge of a cliff. we need to be sure that you know my location first. i have really bad cell coverage. okay. okay. i m on deer mountain. reporter: immediately, the park launched a ranger who was also a trained emt, but the only way to get there from the trail