Two 17-year-old boys are lucky to be alive after getting stranded in a snowstorm during a multi-day hike.
Two 17-year-old boys are lucky to be alive after getting stranded in a snowstorm during a multi-day hike on a mountain trail in Southern California last week, authorities said.
Riley Ramirez, of Cyprus, California, and Cole White, of Portland, Oregon, were on a 10-day trek on the Pacific Crest Trail near the San Gorgonio Mountains when thefeet of snow in the mountains and left them unable to contact help, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. After losing contact with the teens, Ramirez’s father, Cesar Ramirez, told The Associated Press that he called the sheriff’s office for help.
The sheriff’s office launched a helicopter to the teens’ last known location on the trail and eventually located them in heavy snow.“They’ve told us, ‘We were already convinced we were going to die,’” the father said.who were well-supplied for their trek with food, a tent and snowshoes.San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Sgt.
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