Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue guides lost hiker home

Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue workers and emergency personnel set up a command centre on Friday evening. It took KHSAR to find a lost hiker who veered off-course near Campbell Lake west of Harrison Hot Springs, finding them about 380 metres off-trai and escorted them safely to the trailhead. (Photo/Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue)

Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue guides lost hiker home

Hiker ended up almost 400 metres off-course as darkness fell on May 7

May. 10, 2021 12:00 a.m.
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Kent-Harrison Search and Rescue workers guided a lost hiker to safety on Friday, May 7, after they took a wrong turn off-trail.

According to a brief from KHSAR, the hiker was descending from Campbell Lake when they missed a turn and ended up almost 400 metres away under hydro lines.

The hiker was located at about 9 p.m., two-and-a-half hours after the page, and guided back to the trailhead.

The KHSAR has been in operation since 1976. To learn how to volunteer or about other ways you can help, visit khsar.ca or find them on Facebook.

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