KALISPELL - A Florida man fell one-thousand feet to his death while climbing in Glacier National Park.
It's the second fatal accident this summer at Glacier National Park. Tuesday morning Park Rangers received a phone call from a group of people climbing up Apikuni Mountain. They said a 21- year-old man in their group fell 1,000 feet.
"They were not able to visualize the individual, they weren't able to communicate with the individual and they just didn't feel good about the fall," GNP Spokeswoman Denise Germann said. The man from Davie, Florida was working as a seasonal employee at the Many Glacier Hotel.
Officials said the area in which he fell is very steep with cliffs and rocky terrain. Park Rangers used a short haul emergency rescue tool to locate the man's body.
"What they did was they got a helicopter and they have a rescuer on a line below the helicopter that goes into the location and then packages the body, removes the body and the rescuer to safer location," Germann said.
Denise said it's important for visitors to understand their level of expertise before climbing mountains at Glacier National Park.
"Anytime you recreate in the great outdoors there is always inherit risks and folks just need to do the best they can to be prepared."
"Know the level of skills that you have compared to what your planning to do, you just always need to be prepared as best as you can."
Park officials are holding the man's identity at this time as they continue to notify family members and the investigation into his death continues. ABC Fox Montana tried to speak to workers at Many Glacier Hotel but they declined to comment as they are grieving at this time.
Saturday, April 19 2014 11:03 PM EDT2014-04-20 03:03:15 GMT
By MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile...
By MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile apps and...
Saturday, April 19 2014 11:02 PM EDT2014-04-20 03:02:41 GMT
SpaceX is back on the launch pad in hopes of making a critical delivery to the International Space Station.
A SpaceX supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday, setting the stage for an Easter morning delivery and urgent spacewalking repairs later in the week.
Saturday, April 19 2014 10:53 PM EDT2014-04-20 02:53:05 GMT
Authorities announced charges Friday against a man suspected in connection with about a dozen recent highway shootings that have wounded three people in the Kansas City area.
After nearly a month of reports of gunshots being fired at vehicles and more than 100 tips, authorities announced charges Friday against a Kansas City-area man suspected in connection with about a dozen highway shootings...
Friday, April 18 2014 11:48 PM EDT2014-04-19 03:48:09 GMT
Have you ever heard of the sport hurling? Not curling, but hurling with an "H" If you're like me, you may have had no idea what that is,but the University of Montana has a pretty impressive hurling team
Hurling is one of the most popular sports in Ireland, but April 19th is when the first ever Hurling game in Montana will be played by the Grizzlies Hurling Team
Friday, April 18 2014 8:07 PM EDT2014-04-19 00:07:18 GMT
The city of Bozeman could see up to five new hotels by 2015. The Comfort Suites in Bozeman is one of three new hotels built off Valley Center in the past year."Since then we have been growing and developing,"
The city of Bozeman could see up to five new hotels by 2015.
Wednesday, April 16 2014 8:26 PM EDT2014-04-17 00:26:24 GMT
Sophomore cornerback Xavier Marsden is from La Mirada California, right outside Los Angeles. The city boy says he loves being in Butte. "It's been good. Coming from a big city to a small town definitely
Sophomore cornerback Xavier Marsden is from La Mirada California, right outside Los Angeles. The city boy says he loves being in Butte.
Friday, April 18 2014 4:13 PM EDT2014-04-18 20:13:11 GMT
SPOKANE, Wash. - The man killed in an early morning crash on Friday has been identified as 34-year-old, Alejandro E. Apodaca. Just before 12:30, Apodaca crashed his car on S. Bowdish Rd. He was traveling South on Bowdish near 17th when he lost control of his car, uprooting a tree in the front yard of a home.
SPOKANE, Wash. - The man killed in an early morning crash on Friday has been identified as 34-year-old, Alejandro E. Apodaca. Just before 12:30, Apodaca crashed his car on S. Bowdish Rd. He was traveling South on Bowdish near 17th when he lost control of his car, uprooting a tree in the front yard of a home.
Sunday, March 30 2014 10:36 PM EDT2014-03-31 02:36:40 GMT
LOOKOUT PASS, Montana- Lookout Pass near the Idaho/Montana Border is shutdown down following a landslide on I-90. D.O.T. crews are on the scene Sunday evening clearing trying to clear the scene.
LOOKOUT PASS, Montana- Lookout Pass near the Idaho/Montana Border is shutdown down following a landslide on I-90. D.O.T. crews are on the scene Sunday evening clearing trying to clear the scene.
Friday, April 18 2014 8:06 PM EDT2014-04-19 00:06:34 GMT
With thousands of plastic eggs set to speckle the lawn at the University of Montana this weekend, a Missoula business is keeping the event green. Missoula Federal Credit Union is making recycling
With thousands of plastic eggs set to speckle the lawn at the University of Montana this weekend, a Missoula business is keeping the event green.
Thursday, April 17 2014 1:37 PM EDT2014-04-17 17:37:02 GMT
The Gallatin County coroner says 30-year-old Kari Friedman from Bozeman died in a crash at the intersection of Frontage and Valley Center Roads Wednesday. The Montana Highway Patrol said Friedman was turning
The Gallatin County coroner says 30-year-old Kari Friedman from Bozeman died in a crash at the intersection of Frontage and Valley Center Roads Wednesday.
Friday, April 18 2014 4:21 PM EDT2014-04-18 20:21:35 GMT
MOKPO, South Korea (AP) - Searchers have now put markers on the surface of the water where the South Korean ferry went down. Part of the ship had remained above the surface until today, but now the entire vessel is submerged. They're continuing the effort to find some 270 people who are missing and feared dead.
MOKPO, South Korea (AP) - Searchers have now put markers on the surface of the water where the South Korean ferry went down. Part of the ship had remained above the surface until today, but now the entire vessel is submerged. They're continuing the effort to find some 270 people who are missing and feared dead.
