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A 58-year-old hiker was found dead near a mountain summit in Maine while his 28-year-old daughter remains missing, authorities said Tuesday.
According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Tim Keiderling’s body was found near the summit of Mount Katahdin at around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday at the Tableland.
Search efforts were ongoing for Keiderling’s daughter, Esther, officials said.
Tim and Esther Keiderling, a couple from Ulster Park, New York, were last seen departing from the Abol Campground around 10:15 a.m. on Sunday with plans to hike towards the peak of Katahdin. This mountain is situated in Baxter State Park and marks the endpoint of the Appalachian Trail in the north.
Over 30 Maine Game Wardens, along with the Maine Warden Service’s K-9 units and Search and Rescue teams, Maine Forest Service helicopters, and the Maine Army National Guard, joined forces in the extensive search for the missing father and daughter.
Mount Katahdin has an elevation of 5,267 feet, and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images, File)
The Hunt and Abol Trails were closed on Tuesday due to the search effort.
The Baxter State Park website notes that Katahdin is a “very strenuous climb,” with an average round trip taking 8 to 12 hours.
Katahdin is the tallest mountain in Maine, with an elevation of about 5,270 feet.
