http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=48747&provider=topTUOLUMNE COUNTY, CA - Rescuers have encountered unfavorable weather, high water and difficult terrain in their search for a missing hiker in the Iceland Lake area of Emigrant Wilderness.
Friday, the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office was alerted to a 911 signal being broadcast by a Personal Locating Beacon in the area mentioned above. However, the department?s search and rescue team could not begin a search for Christopher Andrews, 42, of Hillsborough because an impending storm and darkness, said Deputy Paul Tualla.
Saturday, Tualla said searchers on horseback and on foot attempted to reach Iceland Lake but had to turn back because of high-water creeks.
The search for Andrews was then approached by four-wheel drive vehicles and on foot from the Haypress area over East Flange into the Relief Valley. However, search teams could not access the area where the 911 signal was emanating, Tualla said.
An aerial search by helicopter was conducted Sunday but Andrews was not located. The 911 signal also stopped.
Andrews is described as 6 feet - 1 inch tall and 165 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes. His family described him as experienced hiker who knows the Emigrant Wilderness area.
Search and rescue teams from the Tuolumne County and Calaveras County sheriff departments planned to search again Monday.
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