Wyoming
Eau Claire rock climber dies in fall at Devils Tower in Wyoming
Devils Tower National Monument, and Grazing Longhorn Cattle. (Photo by: Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
(FOX 9) – A rock climber from Eau Claire, Wis. died after falling from Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming on Sunday evening.
Stewart Phillip Porter, 21, fell while rappelling the El Cracko Diablo route around 8 p.m. National park officials say he was seriously hurt after the fall and later pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
Porter’s climbing partner was stranded but later rescued with help from local climbing guides.
Officials say this is only the seventh climbing death at the Tower in over 100 years.