A 22-year-old French hiker was saved from hypothermia by North Shore Rescue after getting lost in Grouse Mountain's backcountry. He was dressed lightly and wearing running shoes, and had attempted to hike using trails that did not actually exist.
Another unprepared out-of-towner has been spared from a cold and bitter end by the lifesaving volunteers at North Shore Rescue .
At around 7:30 p.m., they found the hypothermic 22-year-old in mostly cloth clothing and wearing running shoes. The hiker was also hungry, as he’d run out of food at lunchtime earlier that day, said NSR search manager Allan McMordie. “He thought well I’ll go up Kennedy Falls and join these trails together – not realizing there is no trail there, just horrendous bush whacking and 1,000-foot elevation gain,” McMordie said.
They do a little bit of research on websites like All Trails and set out, often without telling anyone, McMordie said.
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