Man finds his sister alive almost a week after she and boyfriend disappeared.

[powderman]

Brother finds sister alive a week after she and boyfriend vanished in mountains, boyfriend found dead  Published December 07, 2012
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•   Paula Lane was found walking along this road in Northern California after nearly a week stranded in the mountains. (fox40.com)

A Nevada woman who was lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains for nearly a week is recovering after she was rescued by her own brother Wednesday, but her boyfriend, who left her to try and find help, was found dead.
 
Citrus Heights police spokesman Officer Bryan Fritsch says 46-year-old Paula Lane was found near Highway 88 in Alpine County around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Fox40.com reports Lane and her boyfriend, 44-year-old Roderick Clifton, were on an off-roading drive through the mountains on Nov. 29 when their car apparently got stuck in the snow.
 
Lane's doctors told Fox40.com Clifton left the car to try and find help, but never returned. Lane then wrapped herself in blankets and headed out on her own, trying to reach a road.
She slept in hollowed-out trees and ate snow and tomatoes to survive. Eventually, she discovered Clifton's body.
Meanwhile, KTVU reports, the woman's family refused to give up looking for her after authorities ended their search.
 
Lane's brother headed out into the wilderness to search for her, and eventually found her walking alongside the highway.
Lane is being treated for severe hypothermia and frostbite, KTVU reports.
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[hillbill]

kudos to her fam for not giving up! glad she made it home, sorry bout the bfren.
 
i wish they would of stayed with the car.its pretty easy to make a fire with a battery and oil and gasoline.myself i tend to be prepared but not go where i mite get stuck either.sad story.

[Empty Quiver]

Arm chair quarterbacking.
 
Why don't people simply walk back the same way they came? Is it not understood that roads were put in the easiest place to travel?
 
Would it not make sense that those looking for you would be on that road at some point?
 
It is good to hear that someone was saved, and even more so to find a family member at the rescue.

[nw_hunter]

It happens often here in Southern Oregon. Mostly it's older people who get turned around and head into the Cascade mountains, and wander around until they run out of gas. Then get out of the vehicle and start walking. Usually in the wrong direction.The small town I live in has one main road through town that leads to the Pacific ocean at Readsport, Or. if you keep heading west, and a dead end about 20 miles from town if you head east.Actually the blacktop ends and If the logging company gates are open, you can go for miles with intersections every few miles that lead to nowhere.


We have had two that I can remember that have died from exposure in that area in the last few years.Both seniors.They left the freeway (Interstate 5), and turned east instead of west.You would think they would turn around go back when they discover their lost, but so many don't.The elevation changes quickly, and the temps drop fast at night.


I keep enough emergency gear in my truck to last at least a week.And never go into the mountains without a firearm, and a way to start a fire.This woman was blessed to have a loving and caring brother, who never gave up.

[Ranger99]

sounds like the folks here that drive around
the barricades when it flash floods. should
have left a note with route and destination.


at least one of them made it.


where did the tomatoes come from?

[Sourdough]

We see something like this two or three times a year. 

Remember one family that got out and walked.  After walking five miles, they turned around and went back less than 100ft from a spot that they could have seen a lighted lodge that was occupied.  Their tracks turned around 1/4 mile from the lodge.  They walked five miles back to their car, got inside and froze to death.