Body of missing California hiker recovered on Mount Whitney
The body of a missing California hiker, blanketed in a layer of snow, was recovered on Mount Whitney on Sunday after a blustery storm delayed retrieval operations for five days.
The Inyo county sheriff’s office extended its condolences to the loved ones and family of the hiker, who has not been publicly identified, in a Monday statement.
On 19 October, a motel in Lone Pine, a town in California’s Sierra Nevada region, contacted the sheriff’s office about a guest who failed to check out. The man had brought up plans to hike in the area.
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