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Missing hiker’s body recovered from Mount Whitney after storm delay
Authorities recovered the body of a missing hiker from Mount Whitney in California on Sunday.
The man has not been publicly identified.
His vehicle was found at the mountain’s base after a motel in Lone Pine reported that he had not checked out and had mentioned plans to hike nearby.
A helicopter located him on the Mountaineer’s Route, a steep path to the summit.
A storm delayed recovery for five days because hazardous conditions prevented crews from reaching the body.
A county search-and-rescue team eventually used a helicopter to lift him from about 13,600 feet.
Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, and other hikers have died there in recent years.
The body of a missing California hiker was recovered from Mount Whitney on Sunday after a storm delayed retrieval for five days.
The hiker has not been publicly identified.
A helicopter found him dead on the Mountaineer’s Route after his vehicle was discovered at the mountain’s base.
A county search and rescue team recovered the body by helicopter from an elevation of about 13,600 feet.
- Who
- An unidentified California hiker.
- What
- His body was recovered after he was found dead on Mount Whitney.
- When
- The body was recovered on Sunday, after retrieval operations were delayed for five days.
- Where
- Mount Whitney, California, on the Mountaineer’s Route.
- Why
- A storm brought hazardous weather that hindered authorities from securing the body.
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A motel in Lone Pine contacted the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office after a guest failed to check out.
The hiker’s vehicle was found at the base of Mount Whitney, and a helicopter found him dead on the Mountaineer’s Route.
A county search and rescue team recovered the body by helicopter from about 13,600 feet.
- Mountain
- Mount Whitney
- Route
- Mountaineer’s Route, a steep nine-mile path
- Recovery elevation
- About 13,600 feet
- Delay
- Five days because of hazardous storm conditions
- First report
- 19 October, from a motel in Lone Pine