Two climbers have returned safely to the base of 14,259-foot Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park after a rescue when they became stranded overnight without proper equipment on the mountain’s perilous Diamond eastern face.
On Tuesday evening, park rangers received a report that two climbers who set out early Tuesday were in trouble, unable to rescue themselves or complete their climb up the peak. Rangers made and stayed in contact with the climbers overnight, park officials said Thursday in a statement on the rescue.
Park search and rescue team members set out at dawn Wednesday and helped the climbers out of steep terrain, the statement said. Then, after climbing to the summit, the climbers and park officials descended via the north face of the peak.. Park officials warn that climbing it — especially difficult in winter — requires mountaineering experience and knowledge. On Sunday, a 26-year-old Boulder woman died after free-solo climbing and falling 500 feet from the Four Aces of Blitzen Ridge in the park.
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