Climber in Alaska's Denali Park National Park dies after 2 fall 1,000 feet off mountain

One climber is dead and another seriously injured after a two-person team fell an estimated 1,000 feet off Mount Johnson at Denali National Park in Alaska on Thursday night, officials said.

The two women were roped while ascending a steep route of mixed rock, ice and snow known as "the Escalator" on the 8,400-foot peak, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a news release.

The climber who died in the fall was identified as 52-year-old Robbi Mecus, of Keene Valley, New York. The surviving...