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VAIL — A 34-year-old man from Alma fell about 100 feet Tuesday afternoon while climbing The Fang, an ice formation in East Vail, the Vail Daily reported.
It took rescue crews about 45 minutes to snowmobile and hike into the area where he had fallen and about 45 minutes more to get him out.
The Fang is part of the popular ice-climbing area known as The Amphitheater, but The Fang formation doesn’t form every year.
The man, whose name has not been released, was in serious condition at Vail Valley Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Denise Triba said.
Alan Bosworth, an engineer with the Vail Fire Department, said a portion of The Fang broke loose with the climber on it, sending him plummeting the equivalent of 10 stories.
