Colorado hiker's body deemed "too dangerous" to recover
A 31-year-old Boulder man's body lies in place at elevation after rescuers twice tried to reach it but determined the location put their own safety at too much risk.
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Logan Smith is an assignment desk editor at CBS Colorado in Denver with more than 30 years of journalism experience in digital, television and print media. In addition to his news desk duties, he writes articles for CBSColorado.com that are often about environmental issues, criminal cases, legal matters and the outdoors. Logan worked as a former TV photojournalist and editor. He has lived in the northern part of Colorado's Front Range most of his life. The spectacular geography of the American West keeps him inspired every day. Logan spends his free time refreshing his soul among the pine trees and granite peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park and the Indian Peaks Wilderness.
A 31-year-old Boulder man's body lies in place at elevation after rescuers twice tried to reach it but determined the location put their own safety at too much risk.
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