Fatality was a rock climber

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Town Crier has received confirmation that the man fatally injured at 11 a.m. Saturday and was reported dead at 1:02 p.m. the same day was a rock climber and has been identified as Bryan Rockwood, 49, of San Diego.
Rockwood fell from Tahquitz Rock. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, Idyllwild Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff’s, U.S. Forest Service and Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit personnel responded to the scene.
No further information is available at this time.

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