Tag: dehydrated hiker

As a lost hiker lay stranded on an Arizona mountain in triple-digit heat, she yelled out of desperation.

Eventually, her shouts reached the ears of a bystander, who called 911, Phoenix police shared to Facebook on Monday, Oct. 6.

Officers scoured South Mountain for the lost woman, body camera footage shared by the department shows.

“Hello?” an officer calls out as he trudges through the dry terrain.

The officer approaches another officer.

“Every now and then, she sees something reflecting over there,” the officer says as he points in the distance. “You can hear her screaming.”

The officer continues hiking.

“Where’s she at?” he mummers to himself.

He keeps searching.

“Oh! I found her,” the officer says.

A faint voice can be heard, then a person lying beside a tree without shoes can be seen.

“Hi. What happened?” the officer says as he approaches.

The officer tells another, “We found her,” adding that she’s “probably dehydrated.”

“She can’t move,” he says. “She’s alert, talking to us.”

“I was waiting for you guys to find me,” the hiker says in a weak voice.

The officer asks the woman how long she’s been on the mountain.

“One day,” she responds.

Officers ultimately help the woman down the mountain, the video shows.

“We’re gonna walk this way now,” an officer says. “Be careful.”

Officers guided Phoenix firefighters to the woman, then she was taken to a hospital, police said.

“Remember, when you take a hike, do it right and stay on the trails,” police said.