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Calif. search and rescue team saves hiker in frigid conditions

The exhausted hiker spent 12 hours in 鈥渇rigid鈥 overnight conditions near Loma Mar in San Mateo County

By Don Sweeney
The Charlotte Observer

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif.A missing woman鈥檚 cries for help led to her rescue after 12 hours in 鈥渇rigid鈥 overnight conditions, California sheriff鈥檚 officials reported.

The woman from a group of travelers when she decided to go on a solo hike near Loma Mar at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, the San Mateo County Sheriff鈥檚 Office said in a news release.


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When darkness fell, her fellow visitors called the sheriff鈥檚 office after looking for her when she didn鈥檛 return, deputies said.

After deputies could not find the woman with the help of a drone and California Highway Patrol helicopter, trained volunteer searchers stepped in, officials said.

At 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, the 25 volunteers heard the woman crying for help after they called out her name, deputies said.

They found the woman at the base of a steep hill near Pescadero Creek, deputies said.

鈥淭he hiker was uninjured, but exhausted and very cold,鈥 officials said. Rescuers provided first aid and helped her to safety in an hour-long effort.

鈥淭heir efforts saved this woman鈥檚 life,鈥 Sheriff Christina Corpus said in the release.

Loma Mar is about a 50-mile drive south from San Francisco.

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