Three Latvian climbers die in fall from Mount McKinley in Alaska


FILE PHOTO: Undated handout photo courtesy of the National Park Service shows the West Buttress of Mount McKinley in Alaska. REUTERS/National Park Service/Handout/File Photo

May 29 (Reuters) - Three Latvian ⁠climbers fell to their deaths on Mount McKinley in Alaska's Denali National Park and ⁠Preserve, while a fourth team member survived and was rescued, a climbing organization ‌from their home country said on Friday.

The National Park Service reported that four climbers from a seven-member expedition suffered a fall on Wednesday in the vicinity of Denali Pass, located about 2,100 feet (640.1 metres) below the 20,310-foot summit of ​McKinley, North America's tallest peak.

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