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SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Lost deaf hiker rescued from desert heat
A 28-year-old deaf hiker was rescued Wednesday from the Anza Borrego State Park in 112 degree heat by sheriff's deputies and park rangers who used a helicopter and an airplane to hunt for her, officials said.
The search encompassed a 12-square-mile area and lasted more than three hours before the woman was located about 4 miles off the Villager Peak Trail around 7 p.m., Deputy Scott Sterner said.
When the hiker first realized she was lost shortly after 3 p.m., she sent a text message to her mother. In the message, she said she was lost in a sandy area and was taking shelter from the sun. Then her phone battery died.
Rescuers said they initially located the woman's tracks where they went off the trail but then they couldn't see where they went. About an hour later, an expert tracker from the state parks service picked them up in the sand several miles away.
The woman was in fair condition when she was found, Sterner said. She was transported by helicopter to a waiting ambulance and taken to a hospital for treatment.
A 28-year-old deaf hiker was rescued Wednesday from the Anza Borrego State Park in 112 degree heat by sheriff's deputies and park rangers who used a helicopter and an airplane to hunt for her, officials said.
The search encompassed a 12-square-mile area and lasted more than three hours before the woman was located about 4 miles off the Villager Peak Trail around 7 p.m., Deputy Scott Sterner said.
When the hiker first realized she was lost shortly after 3 p.m., she sent a text message to her mother. In the message, she said she was lost in a sandy area and was taking shelter from the sun. Then her phone battery died.
Rescuers said they initially located the woman's tracks where they went off the trail but then they couldn't see where they went. About an hour later, an expert tracker from the state parks service picked them up in the sand several miles away.
The woman was in fair condition when she was found, Sterner said. She was transported by helicopter to a waiting ambulance and taken to a hospital for treatment.
