Ranger James (Randy) Morgenson drowned after being swept over a waterfall while on a back country patrol in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, California. Other rangers began to search for him after he failed to check in with dispatch at the regular time following the first day of the patrol.
Despite an exhaustive search, his remains were not found until July 2001, nearly five years after he went missing. The investigation indicated that he likely fell through a snow drift and broke his leg while crossing a creek, dying of associated injuries and hypothermia. His remains were washed down the creek and into a small cascade where they were hidden in the rocks for years.
Ranger Morgenson had served with the agency for 27 years. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/16221-park-ranger-james-randall-randy-morgenson#ixzz21mhXAw00
From the book "The Last Season"
Randy was a classmate of mine at the Yosemite Valley School. There were so few in our graduation class. And now there are even less of us.
Karren
Despite an exhaustive search, his remains were not found until July 2001, nearly five years after he went missing. The investigation indicated that he likely fell through a snow drift and broke his leg while crossing a creek, dying of associated injuries and hypothermia. His remains were washed down the creek and into a small cascade where they were hidden in the rocks for years.
Ranger Morgenson had served with the agency for 27 years. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/16221-park-ranger-james-randall-randy-morgenson#ixzz21mhXAw00
From the book "The Last Season"
Randy was a classmate of mine at the Yosemite Valley School. There were so few in our graduation class. And now there are even less of us.
Karren
Ranger James (Randy) Morgenson drowned after being swept over a waterfall while on a back country patrol in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, California. Other rangers began to search for him after he failed to check in with dispatch at the regular time following the first day of the patrol.
Despite an exhaustive search, his remains were not found until July 2001, nearly five years after he went missing. The investigation indicated that he likely fell through a snow drift and broke his leg while crossing a creek, dying of associated injuries and hypothermia. His remains were washed down the creek and into a small cascade where they were hidden in the rocks for years.
Ranger Morgenson had served with the agency for 27 years. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/16221-park-ranger-james-randall-randy-morgenson#ixzz21mhXAw00
From the book "The Last Season"
Randy was a classmate of mine at the Yosemite Valley School. There were so few in our graduation class. And now there are even less of us.
Karren
Despite an exhaustive search, his remains were not found until July 2001, nearly five years after he went missing. The investigation indicated that he likely fell through a snow drift and broke his leg while crossing a creek, dying of associated injuries and hypothermia. His remains were washed down the creek and into a small cascade where they were hidden in the rocks for years.
Ranger Morgenson had served with the agency for 27 years. He was survived by his wife.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/16221-park-ranger-james-randall-randy-morgenson#ixzz21mhXAw00
From the book "The Last Season"
Randy was a classmate of mine at the Yosemite Valley School. There were so few in our graduation class. And now there are even less of us.
Karren
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