Alex Chiu died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley. The 41-year-old man wasn’t wearing a rope during the incident. Two mountaineers on the excursion with Chiu witnessed him ...

The man, identified by Denali National Park and Preserve as 41-year-old Alex Chiu, fell 3,000 feet from Denali's West Buttress route onto the Peters Glacier on Monday.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Alex Chiu, 41, from Brooklyn, tragically died after falling approximately 3,000 feet from a climbing route at Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska, according to the National Park Service.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.

Climbers watched as Alex Chiu, 41, fell 3,000 feet to his death on Mount McKinley in Denali National Park. His body was recovered as weather cleared.