SAN FRANCISCO — Yosemite National Park rangers have recovered the bodies of two people who fell from a popular overlook after working to reach them for hours, an official said Friday.
Park spokeswoman Jamie Richards said she did not know if rangers had to rappel down or hike up the “challenging area” in Taft Point as they worked all of Thursday to reach the bodies of a male and female. A tourist had spotted them Wednesday.
Officials are still investigating when the pair fell and from which spot at the overlook 3,000 feet (900 meters) above the famed Yosemite Valley floor, she said. The victims have not been identified.
Railings only exist at a small portion of Taft Point, which offers breathtaking views of the valley, Yosemite Falls and towering granite formation El Capitan. Visitors can walk to the edge of a vertigo-inducing granite ledge that does not have a railing and has become a popular spot for dramatic engagement and wedding photos.