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Outdoors writer lost on Mt. Rainier

The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 10 months AGO
by The Associated Press
| June 21, 2014 8:53 PM

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Rescuers on Mount Rainier have suspended their search for a well-known, 70-year-old outdoors writer who hasn’t been seen since she separated from her hiking partner on Wednesday.

The National Park Service didn’t give an explanation and said it would release more information as it could.

Karen Sykes was reportedly working on a story when she and her partner encountered snow about 5,000 feet. Her partner stayed as she went on, with the idea that they’d meet up again later, but she never turned up.

Six ground crews, including two dog teams, combed an expanded search area near the Owyhigh Lakes Trail on Rainier’s east side Saturday. Rescuers also searched by air.

Sykes is known in the Northwest hiking community and has written numerous hiking stories for online publications and newspapers. 

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