What I suspected -- a simple slip...
From the latest report:
Garcia apparently fell about 35 feet in steep terrain about two miles from the Wawona base where she was last seen, her aunt, Darlene Cunningham, said this morning. Search and rescue teams looked for Garcia for 2½ days after she failed to show up for her first day of work at the Wawona Hotel on Sunday morning.
Read more here:
http://www.modbee.com/2012/10/10/2408540/yosemite-employee-recovering-from.html#storylink=cpyI think this reporter and the Modesto Bee have a close connection with Garcia, since she graduated from a local Modesto high school, and lived in Ceres, which is practically a suburb of Modesto.
