A 36-year-old man hit his head in a fall in Montana on Saturday and later died from his injuries.
Kyle Allen Rott fell and injured himself while recreational ice climbing on Saturday around 3 p.m. local time, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Authorities responded to a 911 call reporting Rotto’s fall, as well as a call on a GPS device near the area where he was climbing – Grotto Falls in Hyalite Canyon, near Big Sky, Montana.
Five search and rescue teams from the sheriff’s office responded to the call, along with two Bear Air Rescue units and medical helicopters. When Rott was found, he was immediately treated for his injuries before responding helicopters “brought him out of the area.”
He was taken to a local hospital, Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center, “where he later succumbed to his injuries,” according to the release.
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The coroner’s office ruled the death accidental. Rott died from blunt force trauma to the head from the fall, according to authorities.
Gallatin County Sheriff Dan Springer expressed his condolences to Rott’s family, who are in South Dakota.
Kyle Rott was climbing in Hyalite Canyon, Montana on Saturday when he was injured.
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According to an obituary by local news outlet KBZK, Rott had a “deep love of mountains, climbing and exploring,” and Hyalite Canyon was one of his favorite places to climb.
He previously worked at a wildlife preserve caring for wolves in Missoula, Mont., as a climbing guide in Yosemite National Park and for Montana Alpine Guides.
Rott has been described as someone who “marched to the beat of his own drum and couldn’t wait to take the plunge and embrace his freedom.”
He is survived by his mother, sister and grandmother, according to the obituary.
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