The 62 year old woman was rescued from drinking water for 9 days after missing.
new network August 31, according to the "Central News Agency" 30, the United States authorities said, search and rescue personnel have found a missing 9 days The mountain climber was lucky to survive by drinking filtered streams.
reported that Harwood, a 62 year old female climber living in orange Valley in California, disappeared on the 20 day in the remote Fresno County, and was safely rescued on the 29 day.
sheriff Mimms told reporters at the press conference that search and rescue teams spent several days searching the area, but search and rescue operations were hampered by smoke from wildfires.
Mimms said: "they found her in a very remote rocky area of the Sierra Nevada." The authorities have sent Harwood, who has multiple fractures, to her medical treatment.
Hotch Giese, a California highway police officer, said Harwood only planned to go hiking for 1 days, so he did not carry any food on his body. Hotch Giese said, "she spent about two days (climbing to the stream), and then lived on the stream filtered through the filter."