Jack Roberts (climber)

For other people named Jack Roberts, see Jack Roberts (disambiguation).

Jack Roberts (May 29, 1952 – January 15, 2012) was an American rock and ice climber.

Roberts had climbed in Alaska, South America, and Europe in addition to the continental United States.[1] He wrote on climbing and published the ice climbing guide Colorado Ice. Colorado Ice was originally published in 1998 and a revised and updated edition was issued in 2005.

On January 15, 2012, Roberts was climbing Bridal Veil Falls near Telluride, Colorado, and fell 60 feet.[2] He suffered a heart attack and broken hip, and died on the scene after unsuccessful resuscitation attempts by a rescue team.[2]

  1. ^ Expert climber dies after plunge. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, January 16, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Famed ice climber Jack Roberts dies of heart attack after 60-foot fall". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)