Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending Mount McKinley's West Buttress climbing route with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known as Squirrel Point, according to park officials.

Alex Chiu, a 41-year-old experienced alpinist, tragically died after falling 3,000 feet on Mount McKinley (Denali) during a ski mountaineering expedition. Chiu was climbing un-roped on the West Buttress route when he fell onto a rocky,