3 From Washington State Die in Mt. McKinley Fall
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ANCHORAGE — Three men were found dead and partly buried by snow in a crevasse on Mt. McKinley, the National Park Service said.
The men, all from Washington state, are believed to have been killed in a fall on Wednesday or Thursday. The victims were identified as Scott Hall, 34, of Arlington; Thomas Downey, 52, of Ephrata and Jimmy Hinkhouse, 52, of Bellevue. The bodies were found Friday morning by two other climbers, the Park Service said.
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