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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A missing Santa Cruz County hiker is backmost location aft spending much than a week successful the mountains, and the heartfelt reunion was each captured successful photos.
Lukas McClish, 34, said spent 10 days successful the Santa Cruz Mountains.
On Tuesday, June 11, McClish headed retired for a three-hour hike from his hometown of Boulder Creek. He said helium got mislaid and didn't admit definite landmarks wiped retired by fires.
When helium didn't amusement up for Father's Day dinner, helium was declared missing connected Sunday, June 16.
Four days later, McClish was rescued.
"I'm bushed and a small sore, I mislaid my voice," McClish said.
We spoke with McClish connected Friday astir what helium had connected him astatine the time.
"I near with conscionable a brace of pants, and my brace of hiking shoes, and a hat. I had a flashlight, and a brace of folding scissors, similar a Leatherman tool. And that was astir it," McClish said.
The sheriff's bureau said McClish had nary large injuries.
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McClish said helium survived connected drinking tons of water.
"I conscionable marque definite I drank a gallon of h2o each day, but past after, getting adjacent to the extremity of it, my assemblage needed nutrient and immoderate benignant of sustenance," McClish said.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said they deployed drones. The Cal Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit, the Boulder Creek Fire Department and CA State Parks assisted successful the search.
The Sheriff's Office said astir 3 p.m. connected Thursday, witnesses reported proceeding idiosyncratic yelling for help. McClish was recovered successful a distant canyon successful Big Basin State Park.
Rescuers searched Del Valle Regional Park for a missing hiker identified arsenic Alex Stecher.
He was moved to spot each the boots and paws connected the crushed looking for him.
"It was conscionable truly humbling and I don't know, it was an awesome experience," McClish said.
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The pistillate said she survived by rationing a six-pack of yogurt she had with her and eating snowfall to enactment hydrated.
Both him and his household are feeling grateful for each the assistance they've received.
And they won't beryllium hitting the trails anytime soon.
"I did capable hiking for astir apt the full remainder of the year," helium said
"Me too," his dada said.
"We've each hiked a lot," his ma said.
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