Oregon college student falls to his death after climbing mountain

CBP's Air and Marine Operations launched a rescue operation upon request by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. A college student was located Thursday after he fell several hundred feet while climbing an Oregon mountain. Joel Tranby was climbing North Sister in the Cascade Mountains with his girlfriend early Monday afternoon when he fell about 300 to 500 feet and was severely injured. While Tranby's girlfriend was able to use her phone to call for help, she could not see where Tranby had landed, authorities said. "Unfortunately, he stopped responding verbally before searchers arrived," Lane County Sheriff's Office Sgt.