Four men who were climbing in Washington’s North Cascades mountains fell roughly 400 feet, a drop that killed three of them.

Three climbers died in a fall while descending a steep gulley in an area near North Early Winters Spire in Washington state's North Cascades National Park, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office said. The incident took place on Sunday, May 11, at around 11:30 a.m. and involved a party of four climbers.

A rock climber in Washington who survived a fall of hundreds of feet that killed his three companions lay unconscious for hours before waking in the dark, trekking out and driving to a pay phone to summon help,

Four rock climbers fell several hundred feet while descending granite spires in Washington, leaving only one survivor who hiked out and told a 911 dispatcher that his companions were dead and he could “hardly breathe,

Anton Tselykh managed to extricated himself from ropes, gear and debris before trekking over rough terrain, driving 40 miles and finding a pay phone.

Skilled, strong, humble, ambitious. A climber described his friends who were killed and injured in a tragic accident in the North Cascades.