Yellowstone employee goes lacking whereas on solo hike

Harris Marley

International Courant

Authorities are looking for a Yellowstone Nationwide Park worker who has been lacking for greater than every week after he ventured onto a mountain peak alone.  

Austin King, 22, was final heard from Sept. 17, 2024, round 7 p.m. That’s when he known as a member of the family from the highest of Eagle Peak, in keeping with the Nationwide Park Service (NPS).

King was dropped off by boat Sept. 14 and spoke with a backcountry ranger close to Howell Creek the next Monday. 

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NPS stated King was headed to website 6D8 for the night time and deliberate to climb Eagle Peak Sept. 14, when he known as a member of the family and talked about fog, rain, sleet, hail and windy circumstances. 

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Austin King was final heard from Sept. 17, 2024, round 7 p.m.  (VWPics/Common Photographs Group through Getty Photographs)

A Minnesota native, King labored as a concession worker for Yellowstone Nationwide Park. He was reported overdue to the Yellowstone Interagency Communications Heart when he did not arrive for his boat pickup close to Yellowstone Lake’s Southeast Arm Friday. 

A photograph of Austin King posted by Yellowstone Nationwide Park.  (Yellowstone Nationwide Park)

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Search and rescue efforts started Saturday morning, involving aerial reconnaissance and floor search operations within the excessive mountain areas of Eagle Peak. Rescuers found King’s camp Saturday night within the higher Howell Creek space. 

Greater than 20 floor searchers, two helicopters, unmanned air methods and a search canine group are concerned within the search operation. 

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King is described as 6 toes tall and weighing 150 kilos with tattoos and glasses. He was final seen sporting a black sweatshirt and grey pants and was carrying a “dark-colored” backpack, NPS stated. 

Bradford Betz is a Fox Information Digital breaking reporter overlaying crime, political points, and far more. 

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