#204762 - 07/15/1011:15 PMRe: Woman, 80, rescued two days after mountain crash
[Re: dougwalkabout]
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Originally Posted By: dougwalkabout
Note that the family hired a helicopter on day two, and that's how she was found. I wonder how this might have ended if they hadn't taken the initiative.
Her intended trip -- to Calgary from Christina Lake, B.C -- looks on map to be around 250 miles. Even with helicopter, in that country, remarkable they found her so quickly.
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