Saturday, July 12, 2008

Kings Peak Summit

Kings Peak's summit (13,528'), originally uploaded by Aubrey Sun.

A hiker is lost near Kings Peak.

An Ohio man is lost in the Uintas after falling behind his hiking companions on the trail Friday.

The 61-year-old man was last seen on the trail at 1 p.m. Friday in the King's Peak area, said Josh Wall, a detective at the Summit County Sheriff's Office.

The man had been hiking with about five people, and fell behind. The group waited for a bit, and eventually turned back hoping to find him on the trail.

Hopefully he will be found in the mourning. And he was.

An Ohio man missing since Friday afternoon in the King's Peak area was found about 10:30 a.m Sunday and appears to be in good health.

Summit County Sheriff's officials said they found 61-year-old John "Giz" Youngerman hiking in the area, about 80 miles east of Salt Lake in the Uinta Mountains, Sunday morning and were conducting a medical evaluation and debriefing. Youngerman disappeared Friday while hiking back from the 13,528-foot King's Peak summit. He had joined a group of local hikers on the trek, but fell behind on the way down the mountain.

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