A 41-year-old woman attempting to climb a frozen waterfall in Utah was killed by falling ice after she likely saved a fellow climber’s life by pushing her out of the way, authorities said.
The accident involved a group of three climbers trying to scale Raven Falls in Duchesne County near Indian Canyon on April 2, the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Wednesday.
The 41-year-old reportedly pushed her fellow 21-year-old climber out of the way when “huge blocks of ice” fell down toward them, police said, noting that the climber’s quick response probably saved the young woman’s life….