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Texas climber dies in fall in Washington state mountains

Texas climber dies in fall in Washington state mountains
5 years 3 days 11 hours ago Saturday, November 02 2019 Nov 2, 2019 November 02, 2019 8:23 AM November 02, 2019 in News - AP Texas Headlines

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a Texas man died in a climbing fall in Washington state's Cascade Mountains.

Chelan County Sheriff's Office Deputy Rich Magnussen says 60-year-old Robert Colburn's son reported Thursday night that Colburn had not returned to camp after climbing Aasgard Pass southwest of Leavenworth.

Colburn was last seen around 3 p.m. Thursday as he was descending Aasgard.

Magnussen says a county mountain rescue team in a helicopter responded Friday and found Colburn at about 7,300-foot (2225-meter) elevation. Colburn was pronounced dead at the scene.

Rescue personnel said it appeared Colburn had slipped and fallen several hundred feet.

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