Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: [Benjamin E.] Strohmeier, who also enjoyed

writing poetry and short stories, had been working at Miguel's Pizza at the gorge.

Crews returned to the area where Strohmeier and [Laura] Fletcher died Wednesday morning, inspecting equipment they hadn't seen on the rock the day before, said John May, a member of Wolfe County Search and Rescue.

There was webbing, a type of strap climbers use, on an anchor bolt, and the webbing "essentially tore in half, and as a result the climbers fell," May said.

from Lexington Herald-Leader: Officials: Frayed strap caused 2 climbers' fatal fall

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