A Sandy, Utah, man, descending Mount McKinley while roped to two other men, slipped and plunged to his death Friday, the seventh person to die on North America's tallest mountain in a week.

Terrance "Mugs" Stump, 41, fell into a crevasse when the snow beneath his feet gave way at 14,400 feet, said John Quinley, a National Park Service spokesman in Utah.Stump, an experienced McKinley guide, was escorting two California men down from the 20,320-foot summit when the accident occurred, Quinley said.

One of the climbers, Max Nelson, 48, of Oakland, Calif., rappelled into the crevasse about 20 feet to look for Stump but found no sign of him or his gear.

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There were no plans to attempt to recover the body. Quinley said based on Nelson's description of the crevasse, it would be too hazardous to try.

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