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Hiker Missing on Mount Rainier

By Julie Gerstein

Rob Planker, of Olympia, Washington, is missing on Washington state’s Mount Rainier, and is reportedly suffering form hypothermia and frostbite. Planker was last seen on Monday evening, when his two hiking companions left him to find help. [CNN]

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