California woman survives 1,000-foot fall at Alaska’s Denali National Park that kills her friend

By Rebekah Riess | CNN

This handout photo shows the “Escalator” route on Mt. Johnson, Denali National Park and Preserve. The X indicates the approximate location of the rescue of the surviving climbing.(J. Kayes/National Park Service via CNN Newsource) 

A 52-year-old woman is dead and another was seriously injured after the two-person team fell 1,000 feet while ascending a mountain in Alaska’s Denali National Park on Thursday.

Robbi Mecus, of Keene Valley, New York, died of injuries sustained in the fall...