Falling rock kills climber below Abbot Pass

July 26, 2004
Source: CBC Calgary
Original story - link verified on July 26, 2004

A 40-year-old Quebec woman is dead following a climbing accident near Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park. Wardens say the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The woman and her climbing partner were on a steep slope below the Abbot Pass hut when a football-sized rock bounced down the escarpment and hit the victim in the head.

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