The Summit County Rescue Group said it recovered the body of a 29-year-old solo climber who went missing on Saturday. The climber's friend reported him missing after he never returned.
Progress was made when the missing party’s family provided a last known location from a sharedAt 7:50 a.m., a team of two SCRG rescuers found the climber’s body at the cliff’s base at which point SCSO’s Special Operations Unit conducted an accident investigation.
After the investigation, a technical team set up a rigging system to retrieve the body from the boulder field and to the parking lot. The operation concluded at approximately 12:00 p.m."SCRG and SCSO extend their deepest condolences to all the loved ones of the deceased. We would also like to note that the deceased and his family did several things right that helped us find him and bring him back to his family in a reasonably short period of time," a statement from both offices said.
The statement also highlighted safety precautions useful for those who go on solo climbs as well as their families.
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