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Update: a Missing Hiker from Reno Was Found Dead Near the Summit of Mount Clark. Officials with Yosemite National Park Said 61-Year-Old Fred Zalokar Was...
UPDATE: A missing hiker from Reno was found dead near the summit of Mount Clark.
Officials with Yosemite National Park said 61-year-old Fred Zalokar was recovered at the location on Tuesday.
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The incident remains under investigation.
No additional information was available.
Park officials are working to find a Reno man after he went missing in Yosemite National Park on Saturday.
61-year-old Fred Zalokar was day hiking from Happy Isles to the summit of Mount Clark on an off-trail Saturday and did not return as planned, officials say.
His current whereabouts are unknown.
According to his website, Zalokar has lived in Reno since 1984 and is the General Manager of Lakeridge Tennis Club.
Zalokar is an avid runner and hiker, who has ran ultramarathons and climbed six of the seven summits.
Zalokar is six feet tall and weighs 150 pounds, officials say, and was last seen wearing the following:
- Yellow shirt
- Khaki shorts
- Calf sleeves
- Brown “Eastern Sierra” ballcap
- Sunglasses (in photo)
- Red Mammut Bullet Pack (old/faded)
- Black LED headlamp.
Yosemite National Park officials are asking anyone who saw Zalokar or was hiking near Merced Lake Trail or in the Mount Clark area this weekend to call Yosemite National Park Dispatch at 209-379-1992.
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