Guye Peak fatality

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Body of hiker recovered in Cascades

 

By SCOTT GUTIERREZ

P-I REPORTER

 

Rescue workers recovered the body of a 46-year-old hiker who died in an apparent fall near Guye Peak in the Cascades, the King County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday.

 

The victim, of Sammamish, was reported missing about 8:45 p.m. Monday by his wife. Deputies found his car later Monday at the Snow Lake Trailhead at Alpental, near Snoqualmie Pass, the Sheriff's Office reported.

 

On Tuesday morning, the Sheriff's Office launched its helicopter, Guardian One, enabling deputies to find the man's body in a gully on the east side of Guye Peak. Rescue workers hiked in and were able to get to him by 8 a.m., but he already deceased, the Sheriff's Office reported.

 

The man's name had not yet been released.

 

The victim had planned to go "scrambling," a term for a non-technical method of ascending summits that falls between rock climbing and high-altitude hiking. It generally means going off-trail and over rocks, brush or snow, according to The Olympia Mountaineers Web site.

 

The man's death adds to a precarious late summer for Northwest hikers. Last week, a 27-year-old hiker died when he slipped and fell while hiking on Mount Si near North Bend. In addition, two hikers had to be rescued after being stranded for a one day in the North Cascades. P-I

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"The victim was identified as Oded Schramm, of Sammamish, according to the Medical Examiner's Office. He was reported missing about 8:45 p.m. Monday by his wife. Deputies found his car later Monday at the Snow Lake Trailhead at Alpental, near Snoqualmie Pass, the Sheriff's Office reported."

 

My deepest condolences to his family and friends. I've scrambled around on Guye Peak myself. These tragedies are getting a bit too close to home.