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Bodies of 2 Colorado students and aspiring outdoorsmen are recovered after they died on hiking trip

Compiled Oct 29

Bodies of 2 Colorado students and aspiring outdoorsmen are recovered after they died on hiking trip
Bodies of 2 Colorado students and aspiring outdoorsmen are recovered after they died on hiking trip · Photo: The Associated Press

Two Colorado college students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains.

  1. Friday
    Matsuda and Donlon left Colorado Mountain College Leadville's campus to hike Ice Mountain.
  2. Sunday
    The students were expected to return from their hike.
  3. Monday morning
    College staff reported the two students missing.
  4. Tuesday
    A helicopter crew discovered their collapsed tent and gear near a lake northwest of Ice Mountain.
  5. Wednesday afternoon
    The bodies of Matsuda and Donlon were found in a basin of West Apostle Mountain.
  6. Wednesday night
    Sheriff Andy Rohrich released a statement about the discovery.

“Our heart aches for Kaden and Jackson’s family and friends.”

Andy Rohrich

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