A teenage backpacker was discovered lifeless after final being seen swimming in a Excessive Sierra lake, the Madera County sheriff’s workplace stated.
The 19-year-old Los Angeles County man was reported lacking round 8 p.m. on Aug. 10 by members of his mountain climbing social gathering. He had reportedly been swimming round midday that day in Thousand Island Lake, on a preferred mountain climbing route simply east of Yosemite Nationwide Park, and had not been seen since.
Whereas a search staff was being assembled, one of many companions known as once more to say the younger man had been discovered and wanted fast medical therapy. A army helicopter from Naval Air Station Lemoore took emergency responders to the lake, and it was discovered that the person had died.
The sufferer and his father had been flown to Fresno’s airport.
Although an official reason behind demise has not been launched, the report from the sheriff’s workplace implied that the chilly water of the alpine lake might have been an element. “At Thousand Island Lake, the in a single day lows are within the low 40s, and the lake itself is fed by glaciers on Mount Ritter and Mount Banner. … Even within the hotter months, the water is extraordinarily chilly,” it stated.
Thousand Island Lake, at 9,833 toes elevation, is within the Ansel Adams Wilderness on two in style trails, the Sierra Excessive Route and the John Muir section of the Pacific Crest Path. The teenager had reportedly swum alone to one of many small rocky islands that give the lake its title.
Thousand Island Lake, with 12,942-foot Banner Peak within the background.