US Edition'The Most Optimistic Survival Odds Have Run Out': Search for Missing Minnesota Hiker Now Recovery Mission
After exhausting 20 days of search efforts with extensive resources, authorities transition to recovery mode for missing experienced hiker Grant Gardner in the Bighorn Mountains.
- On Wednesday, the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office suspended active search and rescue operations for Grant Gardner after 20 days, consulting with his family on the difficult decision.
- Gardner was last heard from on July 29 after summiting Cloud Peak, having planned a three-day hike through the Mistymoon Lake area; his vehicle was found earlier this month at the West Ten Sleep trailhead.
- Search teams reported using FLIR technology and faced unmarked trails, boulders, fissures, and crevices on Cloud Peak terrain, with at least two responders suffering medical conditions during the operation.
- Looking ahead, first responders will soon begin recovery efforts as time and evidence allow, while volunteers pledged to continue searching and officials thanked the family of Grant Gardner for their support.
- The search area sits within the over 1 million-acre Bighorn National Forest, and deputies urged the public to call 307-568-2324 with any information about Gardner.
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Search Suspended For Minnesota Hiker Who Disappeared After Climbing Cloud Peak
In a “heartbreaking” decision, the search for a Minnesota hiker who disappeared July 29 in the Cloud Peak Wilderness has been suspended. “We have to face the reality” that Grant Gardner’s odds of survival “have run out,” said the Big Horn County sheriff.
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Cap City NewsSearch and rescue efforts called off for missing Bighorns hiker; search and recovery efforts to soon begin
BASIN, Wyo. — Emergency personnel in Big Horn County are ending search and rescue efforts for missing Bighorn Mountains hiker Grant Gardner, who was reported missing in early August. Gardner, a Minnesota resident, was last heard from July 29 after climbing Cloud Peak in the Cloud Peak Wilderness. He was reported missing Aug. 1. “Our teams have exhausted all resources and personnel over the last 20 days,” Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn sai…
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