A male climber, missing since Friday, was hanging from his climbing ropes and covered in bee stings. According to the Arizona Daily Star, Sheriff鈥檚 deputies went to search the site after Steven Johnson, 55, failed to show up for work. Johnson鈥檚 dog was also found dead and covered with bee stings at the top of the cliff from which Johnson had rapelled.
, but an autopsy will be conducted by the Pima County Medical Examiner鈥檚 office. Santa Cruz County鈥檚 Lt. Raoul Rodriguez believes that Johnson may have disturbed a bees鈥 nest while hammering his ropes into the cliff.
Johnson was an experienced climber from Tucson and well known in the Southwestern Arizona region.