Rescue efforts are ongoing for a lacking hiker, Grant Gardner, who hasn’t been seen or heard from in two weeks. Gardner had deliberate a solo three-day hike in Wyoming to summit Cloud Peak, the best peak throughout the Bighorn Mountains. Nonetheless, after summiting the mountain and contacting his spouse on July 29 at about 7 PM, Gardner by no means returned to his automobile. Nobody has heard from him since.
The Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office posted a missing-person discover on its Fb web page on August 4, and Sheriff Ken Blackburn has been diligent in offering updates since then. The most recent replace, dated August 11, particulars the “appreciable assets and man energy” deployed to seek for Gardner in hopes he’s nonetheless alive.
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The search hasn’t been simple. Blackburn wrote: “Along with excessive altitude and terrain challenges, troublesome climate patterns together with winds, thunder and lightning storms have made search efforts troublesome at varied instances of the day.”
See the most recent replace in regards to the hiker who’s been lacking for 2 weeks within the Bighorn Mountains right here:
Right here’s the Sheriff’s Workplace’s authentic missing-person put up with extra details about Grant Gardner:
This example is ongoing and particulars could change.
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