[pct-l] Lost hiker found

[PNW Hiker]

I met this hiker above Whitewater reserve (former trout farm). He was
coming down the mountain after being turned back by snow.

He was unaware that the rescue people were looking for him. He thought
everything was resolved a few days before when he waved off a helicopter.
Upon learning that there was an army of rescue personnel looking for him he
asked me to call his wife an let her know he was ok as soon as I got cell
phone reception, which I did.

One suggestion to rescue personnel, if there are any reading this list,
please send up hikers to look for lost hikers - hikers who don't stop at
county lines.  It would have resolved this situation sooner.


On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Jonh Jones <jnhjns925 at gmail.com> wrote:

> BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) -- A 75-year-old experienced hiker lost in
> Southern California mountains for more than a week has been found in good
> condition.
>
> San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says John Hurgner
> of Fredericksburg, TX  was found Sunday night in the Big Bear Lake area.
>
> The Desert Sun of Palm Springs says Hurgner was hiking along a section of
> the 2,663-mile Pacific Crest Trail in the San Bernardino Mountains. He
> failed to reach his checkpoint on March 22 at a Motel 6 in San Bernardino.
>
> His wife reported him missing on Sunday morning and Riverside and San
> Bernardino county authorities began a search.
>
> He was found in good health about eight hours later.
>
> Bachman says he apparently wandered off the trail and got lost. Hurgner had
> food, appropriate clothing and other tools that allowed him to survive.
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