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Sad News - Man dies climbing Sky Pilot

Post by squamish climber » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:40 am

This is the second fatality on Sky Pilot this summer. Condolences to his family and friends.

From the Whistler Peak:
RCMP has confirmed a climber died on Sky Pilot Mountain in Squamish on Saturday, Sept. 13. At approximately 11:30 a.m., police received witness reports of an injured man who fell while climbing on Stadium Glacier, which is located on Sky Pilot.

Squamish Search and Rescue manager Katy Chambers said the man, identified as a 29-year-old Australian native living in Victoria, slid roughly 1,000 feet through rocky terrain and suffered "massive trauma." A doctor on scene administered CPR until rescue crews arrived approximately 45 minutes later, Chambers said. The climber was deceased by the time emergency personnel got to the scene.

The man was climbing with another male at the time of the incident, and was not wearing a helmet, Chambers said. "They were active individuals but I wouldn’t call them experienced mountaineers or anything," she said, adding that she believes the two men were using crampons for the first time on Saturday
see full article here

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Be careful out there people, the exposure and risk on this climb are not to be trivialized.

Also the story says the hiker accessed Sky Pilot from the logging road, not the gondola.
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