(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) MOOSE Wyoming Dhu-AlQa'dah 09 1436 August 24 2015 SPA -- Two women died when they fell about 200 feet (60 meters) while trying to climb a mountain in Grand Teton National Park AP reported.
The National Park Service says the accident occurred around 11 a.m. Saturday on the 12300-foot (3750-meter) Teewinot (tee-WIN'-aht) Mountain the sixth-tallest peak in the Teton Range.
The agency identified the victims as 27-year-old Tyler Strandberg and 28-year-old Catherine Nix both of Jackson Wyoming. Their bodies were recovered from a rocky ledge at an elevation of about 11500 feet (3450 meters).
A third member of the climbing party 26-year-old Rebecca Anderson of Jackson was rescued unhurt from a small ledge.
The three women were attempting to ascend the East Face of the mountain and were well off the preferred route when the two fell.
The Park Service says they weren't using ropes at the time.
--SPA
01:23 LOCAL TIME 22:23 GMT
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