3 Utah Hikers Drown in Sierra Nevada Whirlpool as Rescue Attempt Goes Awry
Published on August 28, 2024
The Tulare County coroner has confirmed the deaths of three friends and adventurers from Utah who drowned in a whirlpool in the Sierra Nevada mountain range just before 5:30 p.m. Aug. 23. David Bell, 42, of American Fork, Utah; Pete On, 46, of Utah; and Jeannine Skinner, 34, of Salt Lake City died Friday, spokeswoman Teresa Douglass of the coroner’s office told The Epoch Times. The coroner hasn’t released the official cause of death, but according to friends and family, the three drowned in a mountain pool after rappelling down a cliff near Seven Teacups, a hiking area in Central California near Johnsondale, about 70 miles east of Bakersfield....