Found Deceased HI - Stephen Kramar, 27, Hiker on Honeymoon, Molokai, 17 Sept 2018

[ElementalLaura]

I was sorry to see this thread with the new tag.
What a tragedy.

 

[crhedBngr]

So very, very sad to see this. My condolences to Stephen's wife, family and friends.

 

[GraceG]

It has been released that detectives determined that he slipped and fell off of a 150-foot cliff (with all the hurricane rain in Hawaii before their trip, it would have been very slippery, even on grass in steep terrain). His wife is home and grieving. Hiker dies on honeymoon in Hawaii

 

[jash]

It has been released that detectives determined that he slipped and fell off of a 150-foot cliff (with all the hurricane rain in Hawaii before their trip, it would have been very slippery, even on grass in steep terrain). His wife is home and grieving. Hiker dies on honeymoon in Hawaii

Thank you for sharing. I can't help but think if only he had worn proper footwear for hiking instead of VANS he would be at home with wife right now.

Hope his wife is coping well; she sound strong. In a way, he died protecting her (went out alone to chart out a safe path for her). Such a tragic case.

 

[Breezie]

Navy vet's widow speaks about Hawaiian honeymoon hiking tragedy

This article has a little more info about what might have happened to him.

From article: He said they found him at the bottom of a 150 foot drop off a cliff. And next to him was a freshly fallen boulder," the bride told WJLA. "And the detective said it doesn't look like the boulder fell on him, because there were other rocks still crumbling from the top of the cliff. What they suspected was that he was peering over the edge, leaning on the large boulder, but the rocks underneath the boulder were unstable and they crumbled and fell."