Rescuers in California's Sequoia and Kings National Park recovered the body of Tom Gerbier on Thursday from an area near Mt. Whitney known as 'The Notch.'
A missing French pilot was found dead last week after officials say he fell 1,000 feet during a hike on Mt. Whitney at Sequoia and Kings National Park in California. Tom Gerbier, a French National of Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, and pilot for Air France, had gone hiking early Tuesday morning from Whitney Portal, the gateway to Mt. Whitney, via the Mountaineering Route before his return flight the next day, the National Park Service said Friday.
The sheriff’s office immediately began rescue operations with fly-overs of Mt. Whitney, but found no signs of the missing hiker. Ground teams were deployed early Thursday morning and found clues that a hiker may have fallen off a cliff in the area known as 'The Notch,' according to rescuers. The sheriff’s office described the area as where 'the Mountaineer’s Route meets the steep and exposed North Face of Mt. Whitney,' adding that the terrain is 'precarious.
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