[pct-l] Lost hiker found

[Jonh Jones]

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) -- A 75-year-old experienced hiker lost in
Southern California mountains for more than a week has been found in good
condition.

San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman says John Hurgner
of Fredericksburg, TX  was found Sunday night in the Big Bear Lake area.

The Desert Sun of Palm Springs says Hurgner was hiking along a section of
the 2,663-mile Pacific Crest Trail in the San Bernardino Mountains. He
failed to reach his checkpoint on March 22 at a Motel 6 in San Bernardino.

His wife reported him missing on Sunday morning and Riverside and San
Bernardino county authorities began a search.

He was found in good health about eight hours later.

Bachman says he apparently wandered off the trail and got lost. Hurgner had
food, appropriate clothing and other tools that allowed him to survive.