Thursday March 28th, 2024 3:53PM

Rescuers remove uninjured, lost hiker from Yonah Mountain

A woman who was lost on Yonah Mountain for about five hours Monday was reunited with her spouse about 10:30 p.m.

Firefighters were dispatched to the reported lost person about 5:30 p.m., said White County Public Safety Director David Murphy.

“On scene, fire units learned that a hiker had separated from their spouse while on the trail,” Murphy said in a statement. “He had waited to see if his wife returned to base and had asked several hikers coming back down if they saw his wife and they had not. At that time, the husband called our E-9-1-1 center and, although they are avid hikers from South Georgia, she had become lost.”

A Georgia State Patrol helicopter assisting in the search spotted someone waving a stick with a piece of cloth on the end and that person was the lost hiker.

In the meantime, two teams of firefighters made their way up and around the mountain, one team at the lower landing zone area and the other team to the top of the mountain, according to Murphy. GSP helicopter personnel used GSP to provide rescuers with the hiker’s location.

“At 10:30 p.m., firefighters located the hiker and, with the assistance of Lee Arrendale firefighters setting up a rope system, rappelled down the rock face to her location,” Murphy said. “She was then hoisted back up to safe footing.”

The hiker, whose name has not been released, was evaluated by White County Emergency Medical Services personnel and no injuries were reported.

 

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