He didn't remember the sizable cliff of 150-300 feet that separates the MWMT from Mirror Lake. He slipped and slid 80 ft down the incline until he was stopped by a pine sapling on a narrow slanted ledge above the lake.
He spent the night until InyoSAR detected him and they were able to rescue him the next morning.
I think that section of trail is easy to lose. You lose the packed down sand of the lower regions and the compacted scralus of the upper portions. You really have to look ahead to know where you are going.
IMHO I'd focus the search to that region.
I am just drawing a blank on this area that people are talking about...cliff? Could someone post pictures of the area if they have them?
The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.
