High wind and snow are keeping a helicopter from recovering the body of a climber who died on Denali, North America’s highest mountain.
National Park Service spokeswoman Maureen Gualtieri (gawl-tee-AYR-ee) says conditions could change quickly, but a flight is not likely Friday.
The climber was stricken early Friday morning.
The park service received a request for help at 1 a.m. from an unguided party of three at the 17,500-foot (5,334-meter) level.
The team was descending from Denali Pass when one person collapsed because of an unknown illness.
Two park service mountaineering volunteers staying at a camp at 17,200 feet (5,242 meters) responded, but the ill climber was unconscious and could not be revived.
The name, gender and nationality of the climber were not immediately released because the climber’s family had not been notified.
