India, May 15 -- Indian-origin techie Vishnu Irigireddy was one of three people who died in a climbing accident in Washington state's North Cascades Range in the US.

According to an NBC News report, Vishnu, 48, who lived in Seattle, was climbing the North Early Winters Spire area of the Cascades with three friends-Tim Nguyen, 63, Oleksander Martynenko, 36, and Anton Tselykh, 38-when the accident occurred on Saturday.

North Early Winters Spire, a granite peak in the Liberty Bell group of the North Cascades, is popular among experienced climbers.

According to a climbing website quoted by PTI, the group spotted an approaching storm and began to retreat when, during their descent, the team's anchor point failed, causing them to fall 200 fe...