Stranded climber rescued on Capitol Peak

Aspen Public Radio | By Elizabeth Stewart-Severy

Published September 6, 2017 at 9:28 PM MDT

A Mountain Rescue Aspen helicopter team rescued a stranded climber from Capitol Peak on Wednesday.

Joseph Seeds Jr. of Denver was descending when he got off route near the K2 area of the climb. That’s northwest of the summit. He was on unstable terrain and unable to get back on route, but he was able to text a friend for help. When a two-person team from Mountain Rescue arrived, Seeds was reportedly thirsty and tired, but uninjured. He was flown off the mountain in a National Guard Black Hawk helicopter.

Capitol Peak has claimed five lives so far this summer.

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Elizabeth Stewart-Severy

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.

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