Missing 80-year-old climber found dead in crevasse on Mount Rainier
TL;DR
An 80-year-old solo climber, Dawes Eddy, who was hiking Mount Rainier for the 50th time to celebrate his birthday, was reported missing last week. After days of searching, his body was found in a crevasse at about 11,500 feet on the Ingraham route. Eddy had fallen over rock cliffs and tumbled about 1,900 feet down a gully while climbing Mount Rainier in March 1999 but was rescued.
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