Hypothermia killed veteran hiker, writer -- officials

摘要

Local officials confirmed yesterday that a body found in an alpine region of Mount Rainier National Park was the well-known Seattle hiker and outdoors writer missing since last week. According to the Pierce County, Wash., medical examiner's office, 70-year- old Karen Sykes died of hypothermia, but officials were uncertain about other circumstances surrounding her death (Greenwire, June 23).