Injured hikers are keeping the search-and-rescue team at the Madera County Sheriff's Office busy. Last Saturday, 20 members rescued a 29-year-old hiker who fell along Willow Creek. The rescue took about two hours because she had to be taken across the creek using a ropes system. The Daly City resident then...
Going to the Sierra? These Tips Could Save Your Life.
Missing in the Dinkey Creek area for the better part of a week, 24-year-old Cody King of Clovis was found Sunday morning by the Fresno County Sheriff's Search and Rescue team. Aided by a search dog, rescuers finally tracked down King alive and uninjured in a cabin. The odyssey began...
Couple Lost in Woods Survived on Muddy Water, Fern Fronds
INVERNESS — A couple who went missing in the woods of Northern California for a week survived by drinking from a muddy puddle and eating fern fronds, said rescuers who had given up hopes of finding them alive. Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian Irwin, 72, were found Saturday in a...
Searchers Looking for Fresno Teen Missing in Utah Canyon
Update: Police in Salt Lake City say the missing 17-year old hiker has been found alive. 17-year-old missing hiker found alive. @UPDSL @KUTV2News pic.twitter.com/V65GkMsAn6 — mike sadowski (@sadowski_mike) January 3, 2020 Authorities on Friday launched a search in a canyon east of metro Salt Lake City for a missing 17-year-old...
New Technology Helps Search Teams Find People in Wilderness
HONOLULU — Yesenia D'Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than 100 other volunteers in the search for a missing hiker. She climbed through muddy ravines, crossed streams and faced steep drop-offs in the thick tangle of trees and...