Search-and-rescue teams on Tuesday said they believe they have found the body of Seuk Doo Kim, a 78-year-old Korean hiker from Culver City, on the rocky terrain of Mt. Baldy, a 10,064-foot peak near Pomona that Kim had climbed well over 700 times. By Monday, search-and-rescue teams from San Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside counties were scouring the area with tracking dogs and by helicopter. Baldy that year alone — his 100th daily ascent to the summit in a row — Kim repeatedly encountered regulars he’d met on the trail before. In his self-appointed role as mountain ambassador, Kim handed out Clif bars, jelly beans and Doritos.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 12, 2017 00:33 UTC