[pct-l] pct hiker lost n found

[phix at optigan.com (Pea Hicks)]

hi all-

didn't see anyone else post this news item from a couple days ago, so i 
figured i'd chime in:

http://www.10news.com/news/4336115/detail.html

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Lost Hiker Found After Six-Hour Search
Hiker Lost In Rural Area, Calls For Help

POSTED: 3:02 pm PST March 31, 2005
UPDATED: 9:15 am PST April 1, 2005

SAN DIEGO -- A 50-year-old hiker is safe Friday after getting lost 
during a hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in Pine Valley.

Raymond Sorensen of Santa Barbara was found in good condition after a 
six-hour search in the rural East County terrain Thursday afternoon, San 
Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Don Robbins said.

Sorensen was dropped off in Campo on Wednesday with plans to hike the 
entire trail, which stretches 2,650 miles up to the Canadian border, 
Robbins said.

But Sorensen contacted authorities at about 10 a.m. Thursday, saying he 
had lost his way in the general area of Boulder Oaks, near Interstate 8 
in the southeastern reaches of San Diego County, Robbins said.

Deputies searched the back-country locale and its environs into the 
early afternoon, then called in a sheriff's helicopter and a 
search-and-rescue team, Robbins said.

At about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities found the man in the Campo 
area, sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos said. As it turned out, he had 
wandered to a spot not far from a sheriff's substation.
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i'm still having trouble getting a mental picture of exactly where he 
went wrong...?


pea
pct05