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BRIGHAM CITY — The name of a woman killed while rock climbing in Box Elder County over the weekend has been released.
Laney Peacock, 19, of Brigham City, was hiking with a friend in Willard Canyon about 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. At the end of the trail is a sheer rock wall, said Box Elder County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Kevin Potter.
Peacock and the man she was hiking with decided to free climb the wall, though they did not have any ropes or climbing gear.
"They go to a point where they realized they were in over their heads and were on their way back down," Potter said. While climbing down, Peacock slipped and fell 20 to 30 feet. She hit an area of shale rocks and then slid another 100 yards.
The man she was with hiked to the mouth of the canyon where he found a person with a cell phone and called 911. Peacock was pronounced dead at the scene by rescue crews when they arrived, Potter said.
A helicopter was used to hoist Peacock's body out of the canyon.
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