The hiker was identified as 38-year-old Tom Gerbier, a pilot for Air France.
A pilot from France who disappeared while hiking California's towering Mount Whitney was found dead after falling about 1,000 feet off a cliff, the National Park Service said Friday.The hiker was identified as Tom Gerbier of Fontenay-sous-Bois, France, who was a pilot for Air France, the park service said in a statement. He was 38, according to a missing poster issued by the Inyo County Sheriff's Office, which was part of the search.
The body was recovered by helicopter that evening, and the Tulare County Sheriff's Office confirmed Gerbier's identity.Air France said in a statement that Gerbier had been on a stopover in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.'The company offers its most sincere condolences to his family and loved ones,' the airline said.
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