The body of a ski mountaineer found dead in Alaska has been identified as a Seattle man.
On June 2, Alex Chiu, 41, died as a result of a 3,000-foot fall from the Mt. McKinley West Buttress climbing route on to the Peters Glacier in Denali National Park.
The other two members of Chiu’s expedition reported that the un-roped ski mountaineer fell at a location known as Squirrel Point towards the Peters Glacier, an exposed rocky and serac covered 3,000-foot face…