And at the end of the article, other sad news:
The bodies of two other hikers were found in California's Sierra Nevada backcountry last week.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Lt. Les Lovell said an autopsy performed Tuesday revealed that 70-year-old Thomas Hylton died of a heart attack June 2, the day he and 78-year-old Jerome Smith set out for a four-day backpacking trip in Desolation Wilderness just west of Lake Tahoe.
Smith left for help after his friend collapsed but fell down a hillside on his way back to the highway. The sheriff's office said he died from his injuries and exposure to the chilly overnight temperature.
The men's families reported them missing Thursday when they failed to return home to Lincoln, a bedroom community north of Sacramento.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:08 pm