At least 10 people have disappeared from US National Parks never to be seen again in the past 7 years, including 4 in a Grand Canyon National Park alone.
They say that the wildflower show around Lukens Lake can be pretty darn nice in early summer. I might have been a bit early but it is hard to imagine a more dramatic display of Shooting Stars in the meadows and along the waterways. Plenty other colorful wildflowers were doing their part to create a
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Missing woman found dead at base of Upper Yosemite Fall [SFGate, San Francisco]
Jan. 24 A woman reported missing on Jan. 15 was found dead the next day, Yosemite Park officials announced Friday. It is not clear why she was listed missing for a week when park officials now say she was discovered deceased the day after her disappearance.
“Alice” Yu Xie, 41, traveled from Mariposa to Yosemite on a YARTS bus on Jan. 14. Either that day or the next morning, she left for a hike to the top of Yosemite Falls, authorities said. She was reported overdue on Jan. 15 and the National Park Service put out an alert for her on Jan. 16; later that day, searchers found her body at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall.
Missing woman found dead at base of Upper Yosemite Fall
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Water flows down at Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in North America in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at Yosemite National Park on Mar. 25, 2015. Alice Yu Xie was reported missing after a hike to the Upper Yosemite Falls overlook.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
2of3 Alice Yu Xie was reported missing after a hike to Yosemite Falls last week, authorities said.Courtesy of Yosemite National ParkShow MoreShow Less
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A woman reported missing on Jan. 15 was found dead the next day, Yosemite Park officials announced Friday. It is not clear why she was listed missing for a week when park officials now say she was discovered deceased the day after her disappearance.