A Seattle man has died after a fall along a popular mountain route in Mount McKinley National Park (briefly renamed Denali in 2015), the National Park Service (NPS) confirmed.

The body of Alex Chiu, a 41-year-old mountaineer, was recovered Wednesday morning, as a result of a 3,000-foot fall from the Mt. McKinley West Buttress climbing route onto the Peters Glacier.

Recovery efforts for the Seattle mountaineer on Mt. McKinley

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