Missing Mount Shasta Hikers Made Their Way Back
By Charlie Brett
13:54, June 24th 2008
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Two hikers got lost over the weekend but, in the end, they managed to find their way back and showed up in a town near Mount Shasta. According to The Associated Press, Patricia Giamoni and her friend Salvador Frias were on Mount Shasta in the weekend and got lost. Giamoni called 911 Saturday night but the signal was lost before it could get through the sheriff’s department. Even if authorities tried to redial, they couldn’t reach the hikers.

After a half an hour, the sheriff’s department found out from Giamoni’s son that she called him, telling him she had been caught in high winds and requested help. Even if rescuers had some coordinates of the area where the two hikers got lost, they couldn’t be sure of the exact location.

“They weren't able to pinpoint their location,” Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Susan Gravenkamp said, according to The Associated Press.

Giamoni, 37, and Frias, 41 obtained a day permit to hike the Cascade Range mountain, located about 200 miles north of Sacramento.

The helicopters sent to search the two hikers couldn’t get through the thick fog which came from the fires that were across Northern California.

The two hikers rescued themselves, arriving Monday at noon in a town located about 10 miles from the top of the Mount Shasta. They were dehydrated but their general condition was good.



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