Beloved California mountaineer dies from ‘unsurvivable fall’ after 13,000-foot climb

A missing hiker who summited a more than 13,000-foot mountain in California’s Eastern Sierra was found dead after a grueling two-day search across steep, rugged terrain that required more than 300 hours of work by 20 volunteer rescuers, with assistance from local and state agencies. The search for Brian Seibert, a 53-year-old “peak bagger,” a […]A missing hiker who summited a more than 13,000-foot mountain in California’s Eastern Sierra was found dead after a grueling two-day search across steep, rugged terrain that required more than 300 hours of work by 20 volunteer rescuers, with assistance from local and state agencies. The search for Brian Seibert, a 53-year-old “peak bagger,” a […]