A pair of teenage hikers huddled together for three harrowing and freezing nights to survive a monster California snowstorm, authorities said.
“We were already convinced we were going to die,” one of the teens told his father.
Last Sunday, Riley Ramirez and Cole White were dropped off for what was supposed to be a 10-day hike through part of the Pacific Crest Trail. The 17-year-old boys were experienced hikers, but were ill-prepared for the late February snowstorm about to slam into the Southern California mountains, burying some areas in up to seven feet of snow.
Associated PressThe boys’ family lost contact with them a few days into the hike, and Ramirez’s alarmed father alerted the sheriff’s department, Scalise said. A search and rescue operation was launched, with a helicopter crew eventually spotting the pair along a remote section of the trail near San Gorgonio Mountain, the highest peak in Southern California.
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