Reading this story I was thinking back to the old TV show Gilligan's Island and their "3 hour tour" on the SS Minnow.
This guy went out for, as has been claimed, a 3 hour hike.
A hike that ended 10 days later.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but even if I don't have a magnetic compass or my satellite communicator, I am pretty much never without my phone. And it has OFF LINE maps downloaded into it that use standard GPS signals, and works without any inter-web connection. Be prepared people. WTF?
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This guy went out for, as has been claimed, a 3 hour hike.
A hike that ended 10 days later.
Now I don't know about the rest of you, but even if I don't have a magnetic compass or my satellite communicator, I am pretty much never without my phone. And it has OFF LINE maps downloaded into it that use standard GPS signals, and works without any inter-web connection. Be prepared people. WTF?
FULL STORY AT THE LINK:
Missing hiker found alive after spending 10 days in Northern California mountains | How he survived
A man is back home after being rescued in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. He went for a hike, but says he got lost.
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Missing hiker found alive after spending 10 days in Northern California mountains | How he survived
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. -- A missing Northern California hiker is back home after spending more than a week in the mountains, and the heartfelt reunion was all captured in photos.
Lukas McClish, 34, said spent 10 days in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
On Tuesday, June 11, McClish headed out for a three-hour hike from his hometown of Boulder Creek. He said he got lost and didn't recognize certain landmarks wiped out by fires.
When he didn't show up for Father's Day dinner, he was declared missing on Sunday, June 16.
Four days later, McClish was rescued.
"I'm tired and a little sore, I lost my voice," McClish said.
We spoke with McClish on Friday about what he had on him at the time.
"I left with just a pair of pants, and my pair of hiking shoes, and a hat. I had a flashlight, and a pair of folding scissors, like a Leatherman tool. And that was about it," McClish said.
The sheriff's office said McClish had no major injuries.
McClish said he survived on drinking lots of water.
"I just make sure I drank a gallon of water every day, but then after, getting close to the end of it, my body needed food and some kind of sustenance," McClish said.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said they deployed drones. The Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit, the Boulder Creek Fire Department and CA State Parks assisted in the search.
The Sheriff's Office said around 3 p.m. on Thursday, witnesses reported hearing someone yelling for help. McClish was found in a remote canyon in Big Basin State Park.
He was moved to see all the boots and paws on the ground looking for him.
"It was just really humbling and I don't know, it was an awesome experience," McClish said. . . .