Canadian man falls to death while climbing Mount Rainier

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — The National Park Service says the body of a Canadian man was recovered after he fell while climbing Mount Rainier on Monday. KING-TV reports witnesses reported seeing a climber take a “substantial fall” while descending the Disappointment Cleaver route on Mount Rainier’s south side. Mountain climbing guides and rangers tried to locate the climber but were initially unsuccessful. National Park Service rangers located and extricated his body using a helicopter. The National Park Service later identified the climber as 52-year-old Chun Hui Zhang of Surrey, British Columbia. Zhang was reportedly on a private recreational summit climb with friends.