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Hikers spend night in woods Lindsay Chung
The police-based Victim Service worker provided support to the family throughout the night. At about 7:15 a.m. Monday, the A father and his four-year-old daughter are home safe after Ladysmith Search and Rescue spending Sunday night lost in the Team received assistance from the Cowichan Search and Rescue woods around Heart Lake. The Ladysmith RCMP received a Team based out of Duncan, and report of missing hikers on Sunday they started to get back on the trails in the daylight, according to evening (Sept. 16). A Ladysmith family was hiking Chadwick. With the daylight, the father was to Heart Lake after dinner. During the hike, the mother and one eight- able to locate the trail and began year-old child returned home, while walking out, noted Chomyn. A search team located the father the father and a four-year-old child continued to Heart Lake, according and his daughter on the trail and to a press release from Ladysmith returned them to town. “Both the father and daughter RCMP Detachment commander were in good health and suffered Staff Sgt. Larry Chomyn. “With the ensuing darkness, the no lasting effects from the experifather became disoriented and ence,” stated Chomyn. Approximately 10 Ladysmith could not find the trail back to Ladysmith,” said Chomyn. “The Search and Rescue volunteers father and his four-year-old daugh- looked for the hikers through the ter spent the night in the woods as night, and about eight Cowichan volunteers assisted in the morning, a result.” When the father and child did not according to Chadwick. Chadwick says it is difficult to return home, the mother called the Ladysmith RCMP, who activated search up around Heart Lake in the Ladysmith Search and Rescue the dark because searchers have to be careful they don’t get off the Team. Volunteers attended and searched trail because there are rock bluffs. the trails and woods through- “You stick mostly to the trails in out the night. Members from the night because it’s too dangerous Ladysmith RCMP Detachment off the trails,” he said. “You’re assisted in the search, with help calling, whistling, trying to get from the police service dog from their attention. [Monday] morning in daylight hours is where we’d be Duncan. Tim Chadwick of the Ladysmith able to expand off the trails into Search and Rescue Team says they the bush where you could see betreceived a call around 9:15 p.m. ter.” Chadwick says this incident is a after the husband didn’t return reminder that hikers need to be around 8 p.m. as expected. “We were told they were up toward aware of how much daylight they Heart Lake,” he said. “We checked have. “It does get darker faster in the the trails around Heart Lake. We found the child’s shoe up around bush,” he noted. “They weren’t prethe lake in the middle of the trail, pared for anything overnight; they and we continued to check the were wearing shorts and shirts. It was lucky it was still fairly warm.” trails throughout the night.”
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