Second Camper Found Dead Near Eagle Lake
Fellow Camper Also Found Dead Of Natural Causes At Campsite
POSTED: 4:09 pm PDT June 7,
2008
UPDATED: 4:23 pm PDT June 7,
2008
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- A 78-year-old camper was found dead in the Sierra Nevada on Saturday, a day after a fellow camper was also found dead at their campsite.The body of Jerome Smith was spotted at about noon near the steep shores of Eagle Lake.The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said it appears that Smith might have fallen trying to hike out and get help for his friend, 70-year-old Thomas Anthony Hylton.
Hylton was found dead of natural causes Friday at a campsite in the Desolation Wilderness, about a mile south of Eagle Lake and just west of Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay.The two men from Lincoln were reported overdue Thursday from a trip along the crest of the Sierra Nevada. The 63,690-acre wilderness area -- accessible only by foot -- is marked by rocky, barren terrain and extensive areas of bare granite. Temperatures in the area dipped into the 30s overnight this week.Crews searched Friday and Saturday for Smith, who left his back pack at the campsite.
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