Rangers recover body of Heavenly patroller
By Mike Carter, Seattle Times
Dmitri Pajitnov
The body of Heavenly Mountain Resort ski patroller Dmitri Pajitnov, who went missing on Mount Rainier last month after he fell through a snow bridge, has been found at the bottom of a waterfall, the park said.
Mount Rainier National Park initially published a news release right after the 30-year-old Washington man went missing on July 3. He had fallen into a hole above Pebble Creek while descending on skis from Camp Muir, the park said.
Since then, the park has conducted over 22 ground and air searches of the area.