Poor weather conditions prevented search and rescue from sending a team to locate and recover Chiu's body until early in the morning on June 4.

A Seattle man's body was recovered in Alaska after he fell about 3,000 feet while hiking at Mount McKinley this week, the National Park Service said.

Alex Chiu, 41 of Seattle, died as a result of a 3,000-foot fall from the Mt. McKinley West Buttress climbing route on to the Peters Glacier. After recovery, rangers returned to Denali National Park and Preserve headquarters where his body was transferred to the state medical examiner.