Rescue crews on Saturday recovered the body of a man who died after falling while descending Mount Sneffels.

The man, identified Monday as Peter Andrew Clarke, 54, of Breckenridge, was climbing by himself and had summited the 14,158-foot peak early Friday afternoon. Authorities know that because he signed his name in the summit record, according to Ouray Mountain Rescue Capt. Ruth Stewart.

Clarke then began descending the southwest ridge when he fell roughly 1,000 feet, Stewart said.

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