Quebec climber's body found on Colorado mountain

The body of a Canadian climber has been recovered from a southwest Colorado mountain after he fell to his death in a rain and hail storm.

The La Plata County Sheriff's Department says a helicopter retrieved the body of 45-year-old Martin Pigeon of Acton-Vale, Que., on Tuesday.

Authorities say Pigeon fell about 70 metres on the 4,300-metre Windom Peak on Sunday.

He and his climbing partner, Yves Marcoux, also from Quebec, were descending the mountain but had become separated in the storm at about 4 p.m.

When Marcoux reached their camp, Pigeon was not there, and Marcoux found Pigeon's body at the base of a cliff at about 8:30 p.m.

Other climbers had contacted authorities by a satellite texting device. Bad weather prevented the recovery of Pigeon's body until Tuesday morning.

An earlier version of this story, relying on information from the La Plata County Sheriff's Department, erroneously reported the name of a second climber who was not injured. His name is Yves Marcoux, not Marcoux Yves. July 11, 2012 | 8:22 p.m. ET

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