Nationally known ice climber dies after US fall
By Associated Press
Jan 16, 2012 9:47 PM CST

A Colorado sheriff says a nationally known climber who wrote books and numerous articles on the subject has died after falling 60 feet (18 meters) during a climb.

San Miguel Sheriff Bill Masters told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel newspaper that the 58-year-old Jack Roberts suffered a broken hip in Sunday's fall and went into cardiac arrest during the rescue.

Roberts had been climbing on the Bridal Veil Ice Falls east of Telluride in San Miguel County. Members of the San Miguel County Search and Rescue Team spent 40 minutes trying to resuscitate him.

Roberts had been a climber for more than 40 years and was well known in the climbing community as a guide and instructor.