Mountain climbers Eli Michel (34) and Nafiun Awal (32) missing from Denali National Park

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...icia-rcna83650

Searchers in Alaska continue to look for two men who officials said Tuesday most likely fell climbing a mountain in Denali National Park.

Eli Michel, 34, and Nafiun Awal, 32, are missing off the Moose's Tooth, which has a peak of 10,300 feet. They were reported missing Sunday, the National Park Service said.

Officials believe the two men most likely fell Friday, the park service said in a statement.

An empty tent was spotted, and boot tracks led up to a slab avalanche site, it said.

"Several pieces of the climber's equipment were also sighted along the 3,200-foot fall line, including two ice axes and a climbing helmet," the statement said.

Denali National Park, which covers 6 million acres, is famous for Denali, a 20,310-foot-tall mountain that is the tallest peak in North America.

The Moose's Tooth is in Ruth Gorge, which, according to the park, is known for vertical rock and ice walls.

Michel, of Columbia City, Indiana, and Awal, of Seattle, last checked in with a friend at 5 a.m. Friday using a satellite communication device, the park service has said.

Searchers found their skis and tracks from where they switched to crampons. The tracks went into an area of a small avalanche, it said.

Nafiun's FB: https://www.facebook.com/nafiun

[Boston Babe 73]

They're buried up there somewhere. The good news is that if they ever do find their bodies, they'll be well preserved from the ice and snow.

I'll never get the allure of doing stuff like this. Same with Everest. I guess if that's their thing, have at it, but if they die while doing it I don't necessarily feel awful for them. They died doing what they loved.

[raisedbywolves]

They're buried up there somewhere. The good news is that if they ever do find their bodies, they'll be well preserved from the ice and snow.

I'll never get the allure of doing stuff like this. Same with Everest. I guess if that's their thing, have at it, but if they die while doing it I don't necessarily feel awful for them. They died doing what they loved.

I am absolutely fascinated and fixated on stuff like this and Everest. I find it really interesting and I watch all kinds of YT stuff and read everything I can find on mountain climbing, but I could never do any of it.

[Boston Babe 73]

I am absolutely fascinated and fixated on stuff like this and Everest. I find it really interesting and I watch all kinds of YT stuff and read everything I can find on mountain climbing, but I could never do any of it.

Oh! WATCHING it and seeing documentaries on it etc I'm in to. Actually DOING it? NOPE

[Bewitchingstorm]

I don't get it either, but am definitely fascinated by stories like this. It takes a special kind of person to do big-time mountain climbing like this.