14 DAY TRIAL // Authorities reported finding the body of a 73-year-old tourist in the Yosemite National Park on Monday, May 6.
Kenneth Stensby had been missing since Saturday, prompting a massive search and recovery effort.
The remains of the Edina, Minnesota resident were uncovered next to a waterfall, at the bottom of a cliff.
Officials believe that he had climbed the cliff in order to snap a photograph of the scenery around Vernal Fall when he slipped and fell off.
"Yosemite by geography has a lot of cliffs, and it is a very rugged area. [...] We do urge visitors to be cautious to matter where they're hiking," Yosemite spokeswoman Kari Cobb says in a statement posted by LA Times.
Cobb adds that the waterfall towers at 317 feet, adding that this is the only fatal accident incurred at the park this year.
Stensby worked as the president and CEO of a real estate company in Minneapolis. According to Mercury News, he had run the company since 1974 and retired in 1995.
His backpack was located on top of the cliff, and no camera was found inside, prompting rescue teams to scour the area.
Stensby had checked in to Ahwahnee Hotel and let them know about intending to travel to Vernal Fall. He mentioned hiking on Mist Trail when he left.
When he wasn't back to the hotel by noon on Sunday, as he had planned, staff waited until 5:00 p.m. then called in the National Park Service.
A massive search operation was set in motion, which included ground crews, dog teams and a chopper.
A team on a California Highway Patrol helicopter was able to spot Stensby's remains on Monday, but the body could only be picked up at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.