
KEY POINTS
- 27-year-old American disappeared July 9 while solo hiking in Pyrenees
- Body found Aug. 8 on Monte Perdido after 650-foot fall
- Rhodes College graduate, lived in Amsterdam and worked as an engineer
On July 9, Cole Henderson, a 27-year-old American software engineer living in Amsterdam, set off for a solo hike in Spain's Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park. He had parked his car in the village of Torla and messaged friends to say he was starting the trek and putting his phone on airplane mode. Concern arose when he missed his scheduled flight back to the Netherlands on July 13, prompting friends to alert authorities.