The Sol Duc Falls space within the Olympic Nationwide Park is closed whereas rescue groups get well the physique of an 18-year-old man who fell down the 50-foot waterfall.
A younger man was seen strolling throughout rocks on high of the falls when he slipped Sunday, the park reported. He resurfaced on the backside of the waterfall, then resubmerged afterward.
Native fireplace crews and search groups labored with the nationwide park to find the person, looking out riverbanks and assembling a high-angle rope system to decrease a rescuer 60 toes over an embankment to look, however he wasn’t discovered initially, Clallam 2 Skilled Firefighters Native 5177 mentioned Monday.
That very same day, a park ranger found a physique underwater that was possible the identical customer, the park mentioned.
Whereas the Sol Duc Falls space stays closed, the Olympic Nationwide Park’s search and rescue workforce is making ready to get well the physique.
The restoration is difficult by excessive river flows resulting from latest excessive temperatures and fast snowmelt, the pace and drive of the water and different pure hazards like a whirlpool and the algae-covered cliff face, the park mentioned.
Sol Duc Falls splits into as many as 4 channels that tumble almost 50 toes right into a slim, rocky canyon.
As quickly because the river situations are protected, the workforce will start the operation, the park mentioned.
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