B.C. climber dies after plunging 60 metres while scrambling on Mount Lipsett

A 65-year-old man from B.C. diedSaturday when he fell while climbing inKananaskisCountry, southwest of Calgary.

STARS Air Ambulance spokeswoman Deb Tetley said crews were dispatched at about 5 p.m. to Mount Lipsett, just south of Highwood Pass, in K-Country, but were later stood down.

EMS spokespersonNate Pike saidthey responded to the Mount Lipsettday-use area, where the manwas pronounced dead.

Mike Koppang with KananaskisPublic Safety said it's believed the man was scrambling climbing steep terrain using hands and feet rather than ropes when he fell. Initial reports said the man fell about 200 metres, however RCMP saidthe fall was closer to60 metres.

An RCMPnews release said the man "was an experienced climber who was climbing with another experienced climber when he fell."

Mount Lipsett is about 140 kilometres southwest of Calgary.

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