Yosemite rangers recover bodies of pair who fell 800ft from popular overlook

Officials are still investigating how man and woman fell to their deaths from cliff famed for its views over park

Yosemite national park rangers have recovered the bodies of two people who fell 800ft (245 metres) from a popular overlook after working to reach them for hours, an official said Friday.

Jamie Richards, a park spokeswoman, said rangers had to rappel down and climb the steep terrain in Taft Point as they worked to reach the bodies of a male and female. A California highway patrol helicopter assisted them, she said.