Lost Pacific Crest Trail hiker rescued in snowstorm
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October 20, 2019
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Robert Campbell was thoroughly soaked, shivering, his wet sleeping bag covering him in the only shelter he could find -- a pit toilet in a closed campground -- after getting lost in a snowstorm in Oregon while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
Campbell was saved on Friday by a search team from the local sheriff's department, who found his footprints in the snow. Heavy snow was forecast through Saturday evening in the Cascade Range.
"I really think I owe them my life because ... I couldn't have made it another night. My sleeping bag and tent are just completely soaked and proba...
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