Climber in critical condition after fall on Denali mountain

<p>DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska &mdash; A Canadian climber was in critical condition after falling nearly 1,000 feet (305 meters) while climbing Denali, in Alaska, park officials said.</p>
<p>A statement from Denali National Park and Preserve identified the climber as 31-year-old Adam Rawski, of Burnaby, British Columbia. According to the statement, climbers Monday evening at the 17,200-feet (5,2439meter) high camp on Denali saw an un-roped climber take a tumbling fall of nearly 1,000 feet (305 meters) from Denali Pass, which is at 18,200 feet (5,547 meters) . </p>
<p>Guides from the high camp responded, and a park helicopter, which had been out doing glacier monitoring surveys, was able to mobilize for an evacuation, arriving on site within a half-hour of receiving the initial report, the statement said.</p>
<p>The statement described Rawski as “alive but unresponsive due to multiple traumatic injuries.” The climber was taken to an Anchorage hospital in critical condition, the statement says.</p>
<p>Denali is North America’s tallest mountain at 20,310 feet (6,190 meters).</p>