The Inyo County Sheriff’s workplace introduced on Monday it had recovered the physique of a younger male hiker that matches the outline of Joseph Brambila, who disappeared on the mountain in early November.
Brambila, 21, has been the topic of a number of searches within the final month, and his household has waged a determined marketing campaign on social media asking for assist discovering him.
The physique was faraway from the 99 Switchbacks space excessive on the mountain — the tallest in america exterior of Alaska —– by helicopter round 11 a.m. on Monday, in line with Lindsey Stine, the Sheriff’s Workplace spokeswoman.
Brambila’s disappearance was the main target of a Occasions story on Friday that included movies of his earlier trek on Mt. Whitney, in June, which included a dangerous maneuver, referred to as glissading, on the higher reaches of the mountain.
The physique discovered on Monday was on a steep, icy part referred to as the 99 Switchbacks, in line with Stine, the place one other hiker slipped and fell to his loss of life in October.
The Sheriff’s Workplace is holding off on publicly naming the deceased particular person till the County Coroner positively identifies the physique, Stine stated. However Brambila’s household has been notified, Stine stated, they usually indicated the garments discovered on the recovered physique match what Brambila was believed to be sporting.
Nobody else has been reported lacking on the mountain since Brambila disappeared on Nov. 11, Stine stated. He was the one hiker unaccounted for.
The recovered physique had suffered in depth accidents, and there have been no formal identification paperwork found with it, so the Sheriff’s Workplace is ready for the coroner to formally determine the stays.
It is a growing story, and can be up to date.
