U.S. park rangers on Monday found the body of one of three hikers who disappeared separately in the past 10 days at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, officials said. The body of Matthew Bunker, 28, of Seattle, who vanished on Friday, was found on Monday along the base of Liberty Ridge, where he had been hiking with a group, the National Park Service said on Monday night. The search for Mr. Bunker and the other hikers has been hampered by inclement weather. “We extend our deepest condolences to Matthew’s loved ones and friends,” Tracy Swartout, deputy superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park, said in a statement. “It brings us a great degree of sorrow to be unable to bring him home to his family.” Mr. Bunker graduated from West Point in 2013 and served five years in the military.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2020 23:19 UTC