0 70-year old Karen Sykes' body found near Mt. Rainier - Nutball elderly hiker may have had a "Hike Attack"

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National Park Service rangers have suspended the search for a missing Seattle hiking enthusiast and author after finding the body of a woman in the search area around Mount Rainier, park officials told Reuters on Saturday.

The body had not been identified, pending an investigation by the local medical examiner's office, said Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Patti Wold. There were no missing person reports aside from that of 70-year old Karen Sykes in the park at the time, Wold said.

Sykes, who is considered an authority on outdoor recreation in the Pacific Northwest for her newspaper articles and books on hiking in and around the park, has been missing since she disappeared on a trail near Mount Rainier late Wednesday night, park officials said.

She and a companion had set out together on the 8-mile Owyhigh Lakes Trail on Wednesday but split up when they reached a portion of that was covered in snow.

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