Police recovered the body of one of three individuals expected dead in a central Washington profound slide Friday, specialists said.
Details
As displayed by the sheriff’s office, police apparent the setback as Seong Cho, 54, of West Hartford Connecticut. His body was coordinated under a layer of snow using GPS works given by aiding voyager, the Chelan District Sheriff’s Office said.
The sheriff’s office said Cho’s body was scrambled toward the Chelan County Coroner’s Office for extra assessment.
The accident happened around 1 p.m. Feb. 19 at 7,600 feet above sea level, Chelan Area Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Reinfeld said.
About the identity of other two people
The other two people recognized dead were seen before in the week as Jeannie Lee, 60, from Bayside, New York, and Yun Park, 66, of Palisades Park, New Jersey.
According to the Northwest Profound slide Spot, Cho, Lee, and Park were among six “backwoods travelers” on Colchuck’s Highest point, near the Wellspring Mountains town of Leavenworth 120 miles east of downtown Seattle.
Jason Reinfeld explained the incident
Reinfeld said that the event was a catastrophe and that the lead climber was not to be blamed.
“That is something that occurs,” he said. “You can lighten those risks by perceiving significant slide conditions and seeing what could set off it and how perilous conditions are.”
The three setbacks slid around 500 feet and a mark of reality “passed on from injury,” not from being covered under snow, Reinfeld added.
Various survivors returned to Leavenworth, he said. Conditions Tuesday, including tempests to 60 mph, were strangely perilous to ship off a recovery effort for the three mishaps.
