Authorities suspect the group's anchor point failed, sending four men plummeting. On Wednesday, the survivor was in satisfactory condition with head trauma and internal injuries.

Three people died and a fourth was injured while rock climbing in the North Cascades in Washington state, authorities said. Authorities in Okanogan County said the climbers were believed to be rappelling a steep gulley near North Early Winters Spire when their anchor failed,

A Washington rock climber survived a devastating fall that claimed the lives of his three companions, authorities reported. Anton Tselykh, 38, recounted the harrowing experience from his Seattle hospital bed, confirming investigators' suspicions about the cause of the tragedy.