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A 41-year-old mountaineer, identified as Alex Chiu from Seattle, died after falling 3,000 ft. from a climbing route on Alaska’s Mt. McKinley on June 2

His body was recovered two days later on Wednesday, June 4

The NPS noted that rangers were "unable to access the accident site" immediately due to "high winds and snow"

The body of a mountaineer from Seattle who fell to his death earlier this week was recently recovered from North America's highest mountain.

The National Park Service (NPS) shared in a press release that the mountaineer, identified as 41-year-old Alex Chiu from Seattle, died after falling 3,000 ft. from a climbing route on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, which is also known as Denali.

Two people who had been with Chiu on his expedition reported on Monday, June 2

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