One person has been killed and three injured on Mount Rainier’s most popular summit route.
Six climbers in two separate parties were caught in a rockfall at 11,600 feet on the Disappointment Cleaver climbing route, around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a Mount Rainier National Park spokesperson. One climber was seriously injured and taken by helicopter to a hospital, and two others had minor injuries.
Daihong Chen, 44, of Bellevue, died from multiple blunt-force injuries, according to the Pierce County medical examiner’s office…