Missing climber found near Cascade Lake

On Wednesday, August 11, 2010, the Mono County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SAR) Team were dispatched to the Saddlebag Lake area for the report of a missing climber that had not returned to camp.  The SAR team along with a CHP helicopter conducted a search for the missing climber, Robert Schultz, 60 years of age from Lake Tahoe, CA, who was camping with a group at Cascade Lake and failed to return from a day hike on the evening of Tuesday, August 10.

The steep terrain around the lake was searched by ground, air and with a K-9.  After a number of hours, the search teams found Mr. Schultz, deceased, near a steep rock wall west of the lake. Mr. Schultz was reported to have been a lead member of ski patrol from Lake Tahoe, an expert big wall climber and mountaineer who was familiar with the local area.  The death is believed to be a result of a solo climber fall and is under investigation.

– Jennifer Hansen, PIO Mono County Sheriffs Department