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Endurance athlete from Nevada dies near summit in Yosemite

The National Park Service says the body of 61-year-old Fred Zalokar of Reno was found and recovered on Tuesday near the summit of Mount Clark.

Credit: AP

FILE - This August 2011 file photo shows Half Dome and Yosemite Valley in a view from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park, Calif. The quest to climb El Capitan and the famous big walls of Yosemite National Park just got a bit harder. Yosemite National Park added some red tape on Friday, May 7, 2021, for climbers to cut through before they can begin the physically grueling, mentally demanding feat that takes several days as they inch up the vertical granite wall and sleep at night suspended on tiny platforms thousands of feet above Yosemite Valley. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone, File)

YOSEMITE VALLEY, Calif. — A Nevada man has been found dead in Yosemite National Park after failing to return from a weekend hike.

The National Park Service says the body of 61-year-old Fred Zalokar of Reno was found and recovered on Tuesday near the summit of Mount Clark.

The Reno Gazette Journal reports that Zalokar was an accomplished endurance athlete. Park officials say Zalokar was day hiking on July 17 to the summit of 11,522-foot Mount Clark using an off-trail route from Bunnell Point. He had planned to return to Yosemite Valley.

The park says the death is under investigation and no further information is available.

Read the full story from the Associated Press HERE.

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