Boulder Flatiron Rock-Climbing Death: Name Of Victim Released

BOULDER, CO — A Colorado rock climber who died Thursday after falling from the First Flatiron in Boulder was identified by theBoulder County Coroner's Office Friday. The coroner's office named 31-year-old Erik Kleiber, of Boulder. An autopsy was performed, the office said, but the accident is still being investigated.

The death marks the second fatal fall from the formation this year after a 17-year-old died while free-soloing the First Flatiron in August, according to the Associated Press. Before that, no one had died due to an accidental fall on the Flatirons since 2008.

A friend told the Daily Camera Kleiber worked at Frasier Meadows Retirement Community in Boulder. Kleiber was evidently climbing alone and did not have any climbing gear, according to Boulder Sheriff's investigators.

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