A snowmobiler who spent approximately 20 hours in the bush has been located by Quesnel Search and Rescue.
RCMP say the man’s truck was disabled due to deep snow on 100 Road, approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Quesnel yesterday (January 23rd) afternoon at around 4 o’clock.
Police say he then left his spouse in the vehicle and rode his snowmobile to his property to get help, but failed to return.
At 5:15 this morning (January 24th) a man in Likely heard the spouse calling for help on a VHF radio frequency.
The man then called the RCMP, who alerted Quesnel Search and Rescue.
Police say the man was then located by the search team using a helicopter about 6 and 1/2 hours later at 11:43 this morning.
RCMP and Search and Rescue then reached the man by snowmobile and brought him to safety.
The man’s snowmobile had gotten stuck, and he decided to attempt to walk back to his wife and vehicle. Exhaustion set in, leaving him with no choice but to wait the night for help.
RCMP say he was transported to hospital with symptoms of hypothermia and exposure but is otherwise okay.
– With files from George Henderson, MyCaribooNow.com