A Broken Neck and Endless Crevasses: Denali National Park

When Colby Coombs, Tom Walter, and Ritt Kellog head out on a mountaineering expedition together the weather created a huge obstacle. With inches of snow falling everyday, huge crevasses, and avalanche conditions, this was no easy trek.
When an avalanche hits, trajedy stikes and leaves one climber with a broken neck. Making it back alive is going to be nearly impossible.

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Sources

Epic Stories from the Mountaineering World by Peter Potterfield. Backpacker. AMS.

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