On Aug. 18, a hiker near Battleship Lake (on Forbidden Plateau) called police and reported coming across a disoriented elderly man walking in the area. A police officer attended right away, activated the Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue and requested BC Ambulance. Members of the Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue hiked into the woods and located the man; however, it appeared he was having a medical emergency, so BC Ambulance hiked in to meet them with police to assist with carrying some of their equipment.
The elderly man was safely evacuated from the woods and transported to a local hospital. (2018-11684)
