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Finnish mountaineer dies after falling 2,000 feet on Mount McKinley
May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012
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into the crevasse and found Uusitalo dead.
A response team brought the body to the glacier surface.
The death is the second fatality on the mountain this climbing season. German climber Steffen Machulka, 49, fell 1,000 feet to his death earlier this month, CBS affiliate KTVA reported. Machulka was reportedly attempting to reach for a sliding backpack when he fell.
into the crevasse and found Uusitalo dead.
A response team brought the body to the glacier surface.
The death is the second fatality on the mountain this climbing season. German climber Steffen Machulka, 49, fell 1,000 feet to his death earlier this month, CBS affiliate KTVA reported. Machulka was reportedly attempting to reach for a sliding backpack when he fell.
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