Fall Kills Climber and Strands Partner on Wyoming’s Devils Tower

HULETT, Wyo.—A climber fell to his death while rappelling down Devils Tower, leaving his partner stranded without a rope on the face of the Wyoming geological formation. The stuck climber was rescued unharmed after crying out for help Sunday evening, Devils Tower National Monument Superintendent Doug Crossen said Wednesday. The death of Stewart Phillip Porter, 21, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Sunday, was the seventh climbing fatality in the park’s 118-year history. Some 6,000 people climb the formation every year. The two were on a relatively easy climbing route called El Cracko Diablo. They had summited the tower and were headed back down when Porter fell....