B.C. man says no tracks beyond mountain edge meant 5 hikers had fallen to deaths
LIONS BAY, B.C. — Friends and family members of five hikers who died in the mountains near Vancouver gathered on Monday afternoon to support each other, says the Korean consul general.
Sunggu Kim said hearing the cries of a hiker’s daughter amid families grieving their losses was difficult.
“She was holding (her) mom,” said Kim, who was asked by the families with connections to the Korean community in the Vancouver area to speak on their behalf. “It was very sad to see and to hear that.”
He said about 30 friends and family members of the five hikers were in Squamish. Three of the families will hold a joint funeral service at a church in Surrey, he said, and the two others will have separate services in New Westminster and Burnaby.