Aspen Daily News report:
An Aspen woman continued to recuperate Monday at Aspen Valley Hospital after a 40-foot rock climbing fall and a swift but very technically challenging rescue.
Forty-year-old Karen Sahn, an Aspen Highlands ski patroller and accomplished endurance athlete, fell due to an equipment failure while lead climbing a rock face in the Lincoln Creek Cliffs area off Lincoln Creek Road on Sunday, according to Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office reports.
The three other climbers she was leading, all local men, were unhurt.
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