A 32-year-old Montana climber and member of the Carbon County Search and Rescue team died July 14 while climbing at the Gardner Headwall off the Beartooth Highway, according to a
John Richard Borninkhof was last seen leaving a Laurel home on the evening of July 12. Officials in Wyoming reported that they found Borninkhof s SUV parked outside of Cody.
The Park County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division received a call Friday, July 14 shortly after 2 p.m. about a stranded and injured climber in the area
The Shoshone, America’s first national forest, spans elevations from 4,600 feet to 13,804 feet across five Wyoming counties: Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, Sublette and Teton.