A rock climber has managed to survive and escape a 400-foot fall in Washington's North Cascades mountains that killed his three companions, authorities said on Tuesday.
After extricating himself from a tangle of ropes, helmets and other equipment, the climber trekked to his car in the dark and drove to a pay phone to call for help despite suffering internal bleeding and head trauma, Okanogan County Undersheriff Dave Yarnell said.
