From the NPS morning report; I have no other information. Quoted in its entirety since, as a product of a US government employee in the course of official work, it is not subject to copyright:
"The body of a 29-year-old man from Rhode Island was found by a hiker along the Keyhole Route around the 13,000-foot elevation on Longs Peak early on the morning of Friday, July 16th. He evidently fell from 250 to 300 feet to his death. A park trail crew that was camping near the Boulderfield was on scene within two hours; rangers were flown to Boulderfield and hiked in, joining the trail crew around 11 a.m. The man’s body was flown out and transferred to the county coroner. The victim was in a hiking party with three others, all of whom had stayed behind at their backcountry camping site at the Boulderfield and were not with him at the time of the accident. [Submitted by Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer]"
EDIT: Denver Post story
"The body of a 29-year-old man from Rhode Island was found by a hiker along the Keyhole Route around the 13,000-foot elevation on Longs Peak early on the morning of Friday, July 16th. He evidently fell from 250 to 300 feet to his death. A park trail crew that was camping near the Boulderfield was on scene within two hours; rangers were flown to Boulderfield and hiked in, joining the trail crew around 11 a.m. The man’s body was flown out and transferred to the county coroner. The victim was in a hiking party with three others, all of whom had stayed behind at their backcountry camping site at the Boulderfield and were not with him at the time of the accident. [Submitted by Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer]"
EDIT: Denver Post story
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