fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020

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fatal Longs fall 7/30/2020

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https://www.denverpost.com/2020/07/30/g ... onal-park/

The RMNP website classifies Longs as summer hiking conditions.

My condolences.
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Fall was from Broadway, so summer hiking conditions on the Keyhole route are mostly irrelevant.

My condolences to the climbers friends and family.
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Very sad. My condolences. We saw the helicopter yesterday near the diamond.
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Very sad. My condolences to his friends and family.
The name Broadway is contradictory to what it is. It’s narrow and extremely exposed with some sketchy areas you have to maneuver around. There was significant pucker factory the day I was on it.
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Sad to hear, my condolences. Any idea if this happened around the chockstone below the notch? I know many people don't rope up to get around it.
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Terribly sad. My condolences to friends/family.

Which route would this have happened on?
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Very sad to hear this ... prayers for the family.

I have not climbed Longs but Broadway is between the Keyhole and the trough right?
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nmjameswilson wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:07 am Very sad to hear this ... prayers for the family.

I have not climbed Longs but Broadway is between the Keyhole and the trough right?
It's halfway up the east face.
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More info...

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/t ... r-broadway

I was up on Chasm View and saw the helicopter. Was hoping for a better outcome than this. Sad news.
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nmjameswilson wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:07 am Very sad to hear this ... prayers for the family.

I have not climbed Longs but Broadway is between the Keyhole and the trough right?
No. Broadway is not any part of the standard route. It is part of the Diamond (East) face.

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OK thanks guys ... I plan on climbing it soon on the Keyhole route and just wanted to be aware.
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Very sad news.

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