Climbing, who survived 400 foot fall, the 3 killed others

A rock climber in Washington, who survived hundreds of foot, in which his three companions were passed out for hours before waking up in the dark, exit with inner bleeding and drove to a salary phone to conjure up help, said the authorities on Wednesday.

From a hospital in Seattle, Anton Tslelykh, 38, confirmed the theory of investigators that an anchor called Piton, whom he and his companions used on Saturday evening to tear off the early winter spires in the North Cascade range.

Tselykh was in a satisfactory state in the HarborView Medical Center on Wednesday morning, which means that he was not in the intensive care unit, said Susan Gregg, director of media relationships at UW Medicine, in an e -mail.

A climber shook off the pit – a metal spike that was hit in rock tears or ice cream to the climbers anchoring their ropes – and the other three were tied up and waited to climb, said Cristina Woodworth, who headed the sheriff's search and rescue team and spoke to Tselykh with Tselykh.

When the piton tore out of the rock, all four 200 feet (60 meters) plunged past the pure mountain side, landed in a gorge and stumbled another 60 meters before he came to the break, said Woodworth.

It is still unclear whether you had a backup anchor for the piton who is a usual practice for rock climbers, said Joshua Cole, a leader and co-owner of North Cascades Mountain Guides, who have been climbing in the area for about 20 years.

Tslelykh lost consciousness for a few hours and woke up in the dark in a tangle of ropes and equipment, suffered from internal bleeding and head trauma, said Woodworth.

It took eight hours before Tslelykh relaxed to work down the rough terrain of the Fel and Snow-with the help of a pimple-like ice tool to his car, where he drove to the un registration of Newhalem for around 40 miles (67 kilometers) and called for help, according to the authorities.

The four climbers were friends, some of whom had previously climbed together and were quite experienced, Woodworth said and added that Tslelykh was “obviously very badly affected by it”.

The climbers killed were Vishnu Irigireddy, 48; Tim Nguyen, 63; And Oleksander Martynebenko, 36, said the forensic doctor.

Olga Martynenenko, Martyneken's wife, said on Tuesday in a Facebook post that her husband, whom she described as Alex, also left her son behind. She informed a link to a fundraising campaign to “help during the most devastating time of our lives”.

“I still can't believe that you are gone, my love,” she said.

The fluke corporation, a test equipment company, announced on Wednesday in a statement that Irigireddy was the Vice President for Engineering from the manufacturer.

“Vishnu was an extraordinary leader, and his loss can be felt in our organization,” says the explanation.