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Hiker falls over 800 feet to his death after another found dead on same mountain

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A man plummeted at least 800 feet to his death while hiking on Washington state's Sauk Mountain over the weekend, authorities said, just a day after another person was found dead on the same mountain.

Gary Idleburg, 66, of Olympia, may have fallen as much as 1,000 feet after going over the edge of a switchback trail, according to the Skagit County Sheriff's Office. Witnesses who reported Idleburg's fall told the sheriff's office that it happened at around 3:30 p.m. local time on Saturday.

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