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A 72-year-old hiker from Siskiyou County was found alive after being missing for up to seven days in the wilderness near the Shasta-Siskiyou County line. She had failed to show up for work and her vehicle was discovered first, prompting a complex search involving multiple teams and challenging terrain. Rescuers managed to locate her injured and exposed before extracting her by helicopter and taking her to a hospital. The incident highlights the importance of proper preparation and informing others about hiking plans.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
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A 72-year-old woman from Siskiyou County went missing after failing to show up for work on a Saturday, leading to an extensive search when her car was found near the Shasta-Siskiyou County line. Despite harsh conditions, including steep terrain and overnight temperatures in the low 40s, she survived for nearly a week before being located by a ground crew. She suffered physical injuries and signs of exposure during this ordeal. The rescue operation involved navigating through challenging environments like canyons and creeks, with limited radio communications necessitating the use of communication relays or satellite equipment in some areas. Search and rescue teams emphasized the importance of informing others about travel plans and carrying essential supplies to prevent such dangerous situations.
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A 72-year-old California hiker disappeared into the wilderness and somehow hung on for up to a week before a search team found her alive — injured, exposed and deep in some seriously nasty terrain.
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The Siskiyou County woman had failed to show up for work late Saturday, setting off a search after her vehicle was found near the Shasta-Siskiyou County line.
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vehicle → fail → line
What followed was a dayslong hunt through steep, remote country.
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followed → follow → country
When a Siskiyou County ground crew finally located her, she was alive but had physical injuries and signs of exposure, according to Shasta County Search and Rescue.
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she → locate → Search
Crews had been picking their way through canyons, creeks, trails, dirt roads and shelf trails, with downed trees and trail debris adding to the mess.
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trees → pick → mess
Temperatures dipped into the low 40s overnight, while the landscape was so unforgiving that radio communications were limited in some areas.
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communications → dip → areas
Searchers had to use communication relays or satellite equipment in places just to stay connected.
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Searchers → have → places
The operation brought together dog teams, ground crews, dirt riders and a Jeep team from Shasta County SAR to assist Siskiyou County searchers.
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operation → bring → searchers
Then came the question of how to get the septuagenarian out.
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question → come → septuagenarian
California Highway Patrol dispatched a helicopter to the heavily wooded area, where ground crews got the woman ready for an aerial extraction and medical personnel headed in to assess and treat her.
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personnel → dispatch → her
If the helicopter couldn’t pull it off, rescuers were prepared to make the evacuation overland.
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rescuers → pull → evacuation
They didn’t have to.
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CHP air operations successfully hoisted the woman from the wilderness and flew her to a hospital for treatment, ending an ordeal estimated to have lasted five to seven days.
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operations → hoist → days
The woman was described by people who knew her as an avid hiker, but SAR officials used the rescue to deliver a warning for anyone heading into the outdoors: Don’t assume you’ll be home when you planned.
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you → describe → outdoors
Their advice is straightforward: Tell someone where you’re going and when you’ll be back, carry appropriate supplies and leave a note in your vehicle if you abandon it to continue on foot.
And if you get lost, officials generally recommend staying put.
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officials → tell → foot
Wandering farther can turn one missing-person search into a much bigger one.
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Wandering → wander → one
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