Rock climber falls to death at Colorado state park

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A rock climber fell several hundred feet to his death while descending a wall in Eldorado Canyon State Park near Boulder. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say 48-year-old Thad Friday was descending the backside of the Bastille Wall on Thursday afternoon when he fell about 300 to 400 feet. Paramedics pronounced the Boulder man dead at the scene, and the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group transported his body to a trailhead. Investigators have not said what caused Friday to fall. The county coroner’s office will release the cause and manner of death.