Two college students who went missing during a hike on Colorado’s Ice Mountain are found dead after authorities say they fell following a climbing equipment failure. Police report that the students experienced a “catastrophic failure” while rappelling.

According to ABC News US and The Independent, the deaths are linked to an anchor the students were using while climbing, which they say failed. Authorities describe that the students fell a “substantial distance,” and that their bodies were recovered last week.

The accounts are consistent on the overall cause—an anchor or rappelling-related failure leading to a fall—and on the basic timeline of the search and recovery. The New York Post emphasizes the “horrific” framing and details the failure as “catastrophic,” while ABC News US and The Independent focus on the anchor break and the distance of the fall, reflecting a more procedural emphasis on what authorities say.