Mountain Climbers Hit by Lightning; One Killed
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Lightning struck and killed an Idaho woman and injured five others as the group climbed the 13,770-foot Grand Teton, a national park spokeswoman said.
Park spokeswoman Joan Anzelmo said the dead woman, Erica Summers, 25, and her 27-year-old husband, Clinton, and four others were among 13 climbers who had divided themselves into four groups for the climb on Grand Teton’s Exum Ridge on Saturday.
Each group had at least one experienced climber.
“They all felt rain sprinkles and they didn’t sense a big storm,” Anzelmo said.
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