Officials warn of scrambling dangers after 74-year-old man falls to death on Canmore mountain
A public safety specialist in the Kananaskis region is asking people to make sure they're prepared before scrambling after a 74-year-old man died falling off a mountain in Canmore Sunday.On Sept. 4 at around 4 p.m., Kananaskis Emergency Services received a call that a man had fallen more than 100 metres down the mountain just south of Canmore.
"The day before, we also had a scrambler in distress on the Big Sister and in that case he was not injured, but he was really badly off route and he ended up being in a situation where he couldn't go up or down from his position," he said. One of the most important things to note is that scrambling and hiking are two different things. He says people often assume that once they can hike, they can go right to scrambling."In scrambling you're not on designated trails, so you have to have route finding and navigation skills," Mackenzie said.
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