A person died and another is seriously hurt after falling roughly 1,000 feet down a steep slope in Denali National Park and Preserve on Thursday night.
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Officials said another group of climbers saw the fall and alerted the Alaska Regional Communication Center around 10:45 p.m. Thursday before making their way down to the area where the two people had ended up. Once there, officials say the second group stayed with the surviving member through the night by digging a snow cave.
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