Jake MacNelly, 24, was climbing at Diehard Rock about nine miles east of Aspen, when he fell about 75 feet, according to witnesses. The accident occurred at about 1 pm.
Witnesses told the Pitkin County Sheriff's Department that Jake had climbed to the top of the rock and set a rope to rappell down. He took one step and fell, they said. An Aspen ambulance crew and 15 members of Mountain Rescue Aspen evacuated MacNelly, who was treated for massive trauma at Aspen Valley Hospital before he was pronounced dead.
-- from The Aspen Times Daily
Jake MacNelly