By Jason Hall May 18, 2021 A climber was killed and another experienced serious injuries after they were both hit by a falling block of glacier ice at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The Associated Press reports the hanging serac dislodged from a peak off the West Fork of the Ruth Glacier and hit the two individuals last Thursday (May 13). Parks spokesperson Maureen Gualtieri confirmed to the AP that the two individuals began climbing one of the peaks on the southern flank of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, when the accident took place. The ice hit the two-person climbing team at around 5:00 a.m., when the men were starting their ascension at the west face of Reality Ridge.