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Connecticut man found after getting lost on snowshoe hike
AP
Issue date: 2/15/06 Section: News
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Rescue teams found a 71-year-old Connecticut man who got lost while snowshoeing in Grand Teton National Park.
Bob Trailbridge, of Farmington, was snowshoe hiking in the backcrountry Saturday when he became disoriented. His daughter contacted park officials when he was late returning from his hike that evening. The temperature already had dropped to 6 degrees below zero.
Park rangers reached Trailbridge on his mobile phone, and he was able to direct them to his location, about 400 feet above the floor of Granite Canyon. Two rescuers on skis then found Trailbridge just before midnight.
Park spokeswoman Joan Anzelmo said Trailbridge was not injured.
Bob Trailbridge, of Farmington, was snowshoe hiking in the backcrountry Saturday when he became disoriented. His daughter contacted park officials when he was late returning from his hike that evening. The temperature already had dropped to 6 degrees below zero.
Park rangers reached Trailbridge on his mobile phone, and he was able to direct them to his location, about 400 feet above the floor of Granite Canyon. Two rescuers on skis then found Trailbridge just before midnight.
Park spokeswoman Joan Anzelmo said Trailbridge was not injured.