Harwood is known to hike alone and he described her as a very experienced and knowledgeable backpacker.
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An Orangevale woman missing for 9 days in the wilderness is thanking members of the search and rescue teams that saved her life.
With a determination and will to survive, Ms Harwood crawled for two days to reach a creek from which she was able to drink water.
Teams of search and rescue workers spent days scouring the treacherous area and their work was hampered by smoke from wildfires blazing in the region.
Harwood was later airlifted to hospital Harwood, of Folsom, Calif., was the focus of an intense search involving several law enforcement agencies after she got lost in the mountains. She is injured. She was glad to be found. She was very exhausted. She was brought by helicopter to a nearby hospital, police said.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office stated the staff discovered 62-year-old Miyuki Harwood alive in an space east of Courtright Reservoir.
Harwood hadn’t eaten in nine days and suffered from broken bones in her legs.
Harwood’s family she is recovering from surgery to set the broken bones on her lower left leg.
A helicopter from the California Highway Patrol was called in to airlift the hiker out.
When she didn’t return, the other campers reported her missing. Officials say Harwood managed to survive for more than a week in a remote area of the Sierra National Forest.
According to Ko, the Fresno Sheriff lieutenant, roughly half a dozen people go missing in the area every year.
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When rescue workers finally spotted Miyuki Harwood on Saturday, she was clinging to life at the bottom of a rocky ravine.
