Rock climber on the Stawamus Chief suffers fatal fall
Posted June 22, 2019 5:59 pm.
Last Updated June 23, 2019 8:41 am.
SQUAMISH (NEWS 1130) — A rock climber has fallen to his death, according to police in Squamish.
The Squamish RCMP received a call for assistance from the British Columbia Ambulance Service at 1:45 p.m. Saturday about a climber who had fallen about 30 metres from the Grand Wall area of the Stawamus Chief.
“The Stawamus Chief is a popular tourist destination for the Sea to Sky corridor, and the Squamish Emergency Services have attended to a number of incidents associated to this location over the past few months” Sergeant Sascha Banks said in a release.
“We believe this incident to be a terrible accident and our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.”
Police say the BC Coroners Service has taken over the investigation.
The man’s name is not being released at this time, as the RCMP are still working to contact his next of kin.
