CLIMBING -- A 28-year-old Everett man was killed Saturday after falling while rappelling off Liberty Bell Mountain west of Mazama.

Eric P. Anderson was climbing with his wife when one of his ropes came free and he fell between 50 and 60 feet, said Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers.

Authorities were called just before 8 p.m. Aero Methow Rescue and a sheriff’s deputy located Anderson, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, Rogers said in an Associated Press report. He said because it was dark, they waited until morning to get help from a Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office helicopter to recover the body.

Rogers said authorities checked his equipment and nothing had failed. "He had done something wrong rappelling," he said. "He got to the end of the rope and he hadn’t tied it correctly, and he just dropped," the sheriff said.