The body of the second hiker missing on Katahdin was found Wednesday afternoon, Baxter State Park officials said.
Esther Keiderling, 28, was found dead around 1 p.m. Wednesday by search teams in a boulder area between the Cathedral and Saddle Trails off the Tablelands, approximately 1,000 feet from where her father, Tim Keiderling, 58, was found dead on Tuesday afternoon, Baxter State Park Director Kevin Adam said.
The father-daughter pair, of Ulster Park, New York, were last seen about 10:15 a.m. Sunday heading toward the summit.
A search started Monday morning when their vehicle was found still parked in the day-use lot. The duo had experience hiking other mountains in the Adirondacks and Alps, said Joe Keiderling, the brother of Tim Keiderling.
The family started getting worried about the pair when they didn’t hear from them Sunday night, Joe Keiderling said. Family members tried calling the pair all Sunday evening but cellphone service was too spotty to get through, Joe Keiderling said. Tim Keiderling’s wife called the park service first thing Monday morning.