Tragically the two climbers who were with him at the time witnessed the horror event and were unable to rescue him despite attempting to scale as far down the face as possible ...

Before the tragic incident, he had shared updates about his Denali expedition, including packing preparations, the flight to Alaska, and moments spent cooking with friends.

Alex Chiu died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley. The 41-year-old man wasn’t wearing a rope during the ...

Seattle man Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet while ski mountaineering on Mount McKinley's West Buttress route in Denali National Park, Alaska, the National Park Service said.

Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending the West Buttress climbing route of Mount McKinley — the tallest mountain in North America at 20,000 feet — with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known ...

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The body of a mountaineer was recovered Wednesday after he fell 3,000 feet to his death from Alaska's Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain, also known as Denali.

While most of the 433 climbers on McKinley are going up the normal route, one young American has made the first solo of the ...

Alex Chiu, 41, was scaling the West Buttress route of Alaska’s Mount McKinley, formerly Mount Denali, “un-roped” alongside two members of his expedition when he tumbled toward Peters Glacier ...

An experienced mountaineer, Alex Chiu dreamed of reaching the top of McKinley. Unfortunately, that dream will now never be realized.

Climber Alex Chiu's body was found Wednesday after he plunged 3,000 feet from Mt. McKinley's Squirrel Point on the mountain's West Buttress route, according to the National Park Service.

Alex Chiu, 41, was climbing along the West Buttress route with two others when he fell. His body was recovered two days later, NPS said.