A 35-year-old man spent a cold night outside in a remote area northwest of Clinton after getting caught in a snowstorm on Nov. 24, but luckily he was located safely the next morning.
Ten members of South Cariboo Search and Rescue (SCSAR) were mobilized with ATVs and snowmobiles around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 25 to assist Clinton RCMP in locating the missing hunter who was lost in the Gang Ranch area west of the Fraser River.
His companions looked for him throughout the night and called for assistance in the early morning, says SCSAR search manager James Seeley.
“The hunter was well-dressed and had snacks and the ability to make fire. They felt he was going to be kind of OK for the night. But you couldn’t let that go too long. He made the right call by calling for assistance.”
The missing hunter made it back to camp around 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 25, around the time SCSAR made it out to the site in the secluded and rugged Chilcotin region.
It’s a great and happy ending, says Seeley.
“If you want to push the limits … go search out in that area in that weather. I’m so proud of these guys, how they mobilized. That was about as far away as you can get in our area.”
