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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: Climber Dies from Fall on Middle Teton
LINK TO OUR WEBSITE & READ THE CURRENT ISSUE: www.wyolifestyle.com GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE A climber fell to his death on the Middle Teton in Grand Teton National Park on Sunday, July 22, 2012. Justin Harold Beldin, age 27 of Benicia, California and two climbing partners had summited the 12,804-foot mountain and were beginning to descend the peak about noon when the accident occurred. Another group of climbers near the summit of the Middle Teton saw Beldin fall from sight toward the Northwest Couloir side of the ridge that separates it from the Southwest Couloir. They hailed Beldin’s companions—who were already working their way down from the summit…