THREE bodies were tragically found this week in Glacier National Park.
A group of campers heard cries for help after a Florida man died while hiking with friends in Montana.
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Monday morning, a 79-year-old man with a group of friends was trying to climb a steep off-trail slope when he fell.
The incident took place several hundred feet above the Two Medicine Campground on Rising Wolf Mountain, the National Park Service said in a statement pronunciation.
The man’s friends descended to his location where they screamed for help and called 911.
Glacier County then forwarded the call to Glacier National Park employees, who heard nearby campers screaming for help.
Two Bear Air capsized in a separate incident to transport the unconscious man from Florida to Two Medicine Ranger Station, where ALERT was on hand for patient care.
The man was pronounced dead by ALERT personnel.
On the same day as this tragedy, NPS employees released the identities of two bodies found in Montana Park.
Brian McKenzie Kennedy, 67, and Jack Dewayne Beard, also 67, were killed in a climbing accident on Dusty Star Mountain this week.
Kennedy and Beard began the journey on July 21, planning to depart on July 22.
They were reported missing on July 24 and officials still found their vehicle near the trailhead.
Considered expert climbers, Kennedy and Beard have been climbing peaks in Glacier for decades, according to park personnel who knew the men personally.
Park officials began an air search in the Dusty Star Mountain area on the east side of the approach route the day they were reported missing.
Two Bear Air flew in daylight and darkness in search of the two seasoned climbers.
Minuteman Aviation took over the aerial search and found the bodies on the morning of July 25.
Two Bear Air found the bodies later that day.
“As longtime members, both men made great contributions to the Glacier Mountaineering Society and were well known in the Flathead Valley community,” the National Park Service wrote.
“The park staff would like to express their deepest condolences to the family.”