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Maybe we aren't talking about the same event, but this guy was dead for about 2 weeks when he was found, and the ranger did not find him.


Same incident for sure. For whatever it's worth, you're right that the ranger, Bob, didn't find him. But when it was reported, he went up that evening. There was little doubt in his mind it was a body under the backpack but he couldn't tell for sure. Also, he was two weeks overdue (and unreported). Good chance he'd died even before that.

As noted before, there's nowhere around there to fall in from. He was likely crossing the lake.

But critical to this discussion is:

1) solo hiker
2) on snowshoes
3) crossing frozen lake
4) bloop

g.

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