Tragic Mountain Climb: What Led to the Fatal Fall of Two College Students?

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Two college students who vanished during a Colorado mountain hike fell to their deaths after suffering a “catastrophic failure” while rappelling, police have revealed. 

Colorado Mountain College Leadville students Jackson Donlon, a 20-year-old Upstate New York native, and Kaden Matsuda, 19, “fell a substantial distance” and landed in a mountain basin after their equipment malfunctioned last week, Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.