The hikers, both in their 70s, were rescued nearly a week after getting lost in the woods. They reportedly survived by drinking water from a puddle.
INVERNESS, Calif. — An academic couple who got lost during a Valentine’s Day hike in the woods of Northern California was found Saturday by rescuers who spent almost a week looking for them and had given up hopes of finding them alive.
Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian Irwin, 72, were found in a densely forested area near Tomales Bay, a narrow inlet about 30 miles north of San Francisco, and were airlifted to a hospital for treatment of hypothermia, Marin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider said at a news conference.They were unprepared for a long hike or the cold weather, when night temperatures dipped into the 30′s, and survived by drinking from a puddle, he said.
At some point, they may have fallen and Kiparsky attempted to find help alone. She tried parts of her scarf to branches in order to get back to her partner, Schneider said.
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