Alaska rangers recover body of man who died from fall on North America’s tallest peak

Alex Chiu fell 3,000ft from a climbing route on Denali, or Mount McKinley, and was not roped up at the time

Mountaineering rangers in Alaska recovered the body of a Seattle man who died after falling 3,000ft from a climbing route on Denali, or Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America.

The National Park Service said that Alex Chiu, 41, was on the treacherous mountain's west buttress route when he fell from a location called Squirrel Point, about 12,000ft above sea level.