Yellowstone Ice Climbing Deaths

This is taken from the National Park Service web site:
The remains of two Montana men who died while ice climbing a frozen waterfall in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone were successfully recovered Tuesday afternoon. The victims have been identified as Mark Ehrich, 28, and Michael Kellch, 29, of Bozeman, Montana. [...]

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