A college student was skilled in a fall in the Trap Dike on Mount Colden on Friday morning. The Trap Dike is a fourth-class route, first climbed in 1850. The victim was hiking/climbing with seven other members of the University at Binghamton's outdoors club. They were not using ropes. Details are sketchy, but he apparently fell on the second waterfall, the crux. Someone in another forum heard that he slipped after climbing the waterfall, not while climbing it. Tropical Storm Irene swept trees and rock down the Trap Dike in August, but one local climber said it did not alter the crux moves.

You can find more details on the Adirondack Explorer website.

http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2011/10/02/climber-dies-in-trap-dike/

Very sad, I hope people will learn to be more cautious now and maybe rope up even if they think they can do it without rope.

Yikes. I felt sketched out climbing that crux waterfall section and kept wondering what would happen in the event of a fall there. My condolences to family and friends.