On May 14, a man was found dead in a gully on Boulder’s Second Flatiron. That man has since been identified as 33-year-old Ryan Kelly
An Apple Crash Detection alert from an Apple device originating in the area of Boulder’s Chautauqua Park alerted authorities about a potential incident around 11:30 a.m. on May 14. Aside from the alert, no other information was available with no other calls received from the area and no witness reports of a fall.
Emergency responders arrived to determine if someone was in need of help, but it wouldn’t be until an off-duty member of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group conducted a search while climbing in the area that a male’s body was found, later determined to be Ryan Kelly. Kelly was found about halfway up the Second Flatiron in a gully with no rope or other climbing equipment at the scene. Given the lack of other gear, the preliminary investigation pointed to Kelly solo scrambling up the formation at the time of his death…