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California man, 34, was supposed to go on a 3-hour hike. He was found 10 days later covered in mud
A Californian man who embarked on a three-hour hike has been found after being stranded for 10 days in the mountains, surviving mostly off water.Lukas McClish, 34, covered in dirt, reunited with his family late last week afer his ordeal in the Santa Cruz Mountains.McClish told KGO that he set out on a hike on June 11 from his hometown of Boulder Creek in what he thought would be a short outing that Tuesday on his way to work; however, the further he got into the hike he became lost after he did not recognize several guiding landmarks that...
Missing California hiker says he survived on creek water before being found 9 days later
A California man was planning on hiking for three hours. Instead, he spent nine days lost in California's Santa Cruz mountains. After witnesses heard calls for help in a wooded era, officials found a disheveled Lukas McClish. He was shirtless, with only a flashlight and a pair of scissors, NBC affiliate KSBW of Salinas reported.
‘It’s just craziness’: As Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire season begins, proposed camping policy unnerves residents
Nancy Kille knows where not to look. Still, she steps off to the side of her ridgetop property in Bonny Doon and looks anyway. A sloping landscape once filled with winding oaks and skyward redwood trees is now mostly charred trunks. The sight triggers memories of August 2020, when she evacuated her home for 76 days while the CZU wildfire torched hers and more than 900 other Santa Cruz Mountains homes.
Missing California hiker found alive after 9 days, survived on water and berries
SANTA CRUS Co., Calif. (WANE via STORYFUL) – A California man who spent nine nights in the Santa Cruz mountains was found and reunited with his family, images published on Friday, June 21, show. Lukas McClish, a 34-year-old resident of Boulder Creek, was reported missing by his family on...
Santa Cruz County man rescued from remote canyon after nine-day search
BOULDER CREEK — A search and rescue effort more than nine days in the making concluded near the end of the longest day of the year when emergency responders found Lukas McClish, alive, near the bottom of a remote canyon. Family members reported McClish, 34, of Boulder Creek, missing...
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