Article From the Manhattan Beach Reporter:
Manhattan Beach hiker remembered as avid outdoorsman, 'gentle spirit'
Three months after Robert "Bob" Woodie set out on a four-day hiking and fishing trip through Sequoia in October 2016 and never returned, his family—seeking a sense of closure—gave him a memorial service back home.
Their wounds were reopened last week, when 7 feet of snow melted in Bishop Pass to reveal a body that was airlifted and later identified as belonging to Woodie, 74, of Manhattan Beach.
The beloved grandfather is believed to have succumbed to below-freezing temperatures while crossing the final pass of his journey, his son, Robert Woodie, said in a message to friends this week.
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