An experienced ski mountaineer from the Big Apple plummeted 3,000 feet to his death while climbing America’s tallest mountain ...

Alex Chiu, 41, died as a result of a 3,000-foot fall from the Mt. McKinley West Buttress climbing route on to the Peters ...

Alex Chiu, 41 of Seattle, died as a result of a 3,000-foot fall from the Mt. McKinley West Buttress climbing route on to the ...

The 41-year-old man from Seattle was unroped when he fell 3,000 feet from the West Buttress route onto the Peters Glacier in ...

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

The body of a 41-year-old ski mountaineer has been recovered after he fell over 3,000 feet off of Mount McKinley, the tallest ...

Seattle man Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet while ski mountaineering on Mount McKinley's West Buttress route in ...

Poor weather conditions prevented search and rescue from sending a team to locate and recover Chiu's body until early in the ...

Recovery efforts were delayed by weather until the until the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Alex Chiu, 41, was recovered Wednesday morning after falling from the West Buttress climbing route onto Peters Glacier.

National Park Service rangers recovered the body of a ski mountaineer on Wednesday who fell 3,000 feet to his death off the ...

Search efforts on the mountain’s West Buttress for the 41-year-old mountaineer were halted by poor weather Tuesday, according ...