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Posted: Aug. 24, 2024 10:09AMA Victoria woman is safe and uninjured after being lost in the rugged backcountry of Colorado for the better part of four days., 53-year-old Gina Chase was reported missing on Thursday, Aug. 15 after she failed to return from a solo hike in the western U.S. state on Aug. 14.
She was part of a camping group program offered by the Colorado-based Animas Valley Institute, which encouraged participants to complete a solo hike without a cellphone and while fasting to “maximize their experience with nature,” according to the sheriff’s office. “I made a wrong turn and then tried to correct and then made another wrong turn, tried to correct,” Chase told CHEK News on Saturday. “After a number of wrong turns I realized I had no clue which way to go and it was getting late in the afternoon.
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