The autopsy said that Mr. Barnes died of drowning and secondary hypothermia. The theory is that he became unconscious due to exposure and landed head-first in a stream. He was found on the streambank with his upper body in the water.
Couldn't have 'appened to a nicer bloke.
Also being reported this morning is a clever idea by the helicopter search teams. As the choppers found parties in the backcountry, they would give instructions via loudspeaker. But many people could not hear/understand the loudspeaker over the helicopter noise. So the crews were writing messages on the sides of paper coffee cups and then dropping the cups down on the campers below.
I guess that works better than glass Coke bottles.
