6/30/14 – The body found on Mount Rainier was ID as Karens and the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s stated that she died from hyperthermia.
6/21/14 – Body found is likely Karen’s. The body was discovered in rough terrain off the trail. There are no reports of anyone else missing on the mountain, a park official said, so it is likely her.
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Karen Sykes went missing while hiking while researching a story on hiking.
Sykes has written for many online publications and newspapers about hiking and even wrote a book about hiking in western Washington.
Sykes went missing in Mount Rainier National Park on Friday when she reached 5,000 feet on the east side of the mountain.
Searchers, including a helicopter have been looking for her and are focusing on an 8-mile area near Owyhigh Lakes Trail.
Unfortunately the search has been suspended after a body was recovered.