Minnesota man dies while rock climbing
Published 7:15 pm Thursday, May 23, 2019
WINONA — Authorities have identified the Minnesota man who died while rock climbing in Colorado.
Twenty-two-year-old Mitchel Halberg of Winona died of a head injury after falling while climbing in Poudre Canyon near Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday. The death was ruled an accident.
Halberg was a student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
According to his obituary, he was president-elect of the university’s rock climbing club and was celebrating the completion of his first year there with friends in Colorado.