Jesse Dufton, 38, from Loughborough, Leicestershire, now hopes to become the first blind person to climb Epinephrine, a 2,240ft mountain at Red Rocks in Colorado .
Giulia Fusconi, 29, from Italy, has travelled the world scaling rocks and climbing mountains – but says that women don’t get much respect in the male-dominated sport of alpinism.
The man, identified as a 43-year-old from the Portland suburb of Happy Valley, reportedly lost his grip on his ice axe while climbing a ridge near the mountain’s 11,000 foot summit
The climber will be fined $1,500.