Stephen Olshansky was a man of many passions
"He was a chef, one of the best golf pros in the world," his friend Mark Oliff says.
The biggest passion of them all, Oliff says, was hiking.
"Like athletes liked to be on a basketball court, he likes to be in the woods," Oliff says. "That was his whole thing."
Mark says every year, Stephen would hike the mountains on the west coast, then come back here to Boynton where he would live 3 to 5 months out of the year.
Sunday came the news Stephen’s family and friends feared - Stephen died doing the very thing he lived for.
"I miss him already," he says. "I haven't gotten it all in my head yet."
Police in New Mexico found Stephen’s body in a northern New Mexico campground on Sunday.
He was there hiking the continental divide.
Police say there are no signs of foul play, saying Stephen died from exposure to the elements.
Mark says no one heard from him since November.
Friends attempted to call his cell phone.
"It would go right to voicemail, we knew something was up," Mark says.
"I kind of put myself in the position that I have a feeling this isn't going to end well. So we had 7 months to come to grips with this."
Mark is now focusing on how Stephen died, but rather on how he lived.
"Closure is good, but unfortunately I'll never see one of my best friends in life again."
Police say an autopsy is set to take place over the next 48 hours.
There was also a journal found with with Stephen.
Friends hope that will lead to clues about his final hours.
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CHAMA, N.M. (AP) -- Authorities say a hiker missing since last fall has been found dead in a northern New Mexico mountain campground and say he apparently died of exposure.
New Mexico State Police say the body has been identified as Stephen Olshansky and that it appears he died while hiking along the Continental Divide.
Police say his last known address was in Boynton Beach, Florida.
An autopsy will be conducted. Police say there's no sign of foul play.
Police say hikers reported seeing a body Saturday at a National Forest campground in mountains east of Chama near the New Mexico-Colorado line.
Officers couldn't reach the site Saturday because of impassable terrain and snow drifts, but reached it Sunday on all-terrain vehicles.
The campground is above 10,000 feet elevation.
Hiker missing for 6 months found dead in northern NM https://t.co/2Gh6gBT2Et pic.twitter.com/Axhdzj0WQX
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