1.15.2007

Minnesota Brothers rescue camper

Hiking detour led Minnesota brothers to lost camper

Excerpt: Albert Kottke is meticulous about planning his hikes in the wilderness. But last week, he and his brother Peter decided to take a detour on their trek through the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. And they heard what they thought was a bird or animal. It was actually Carolyn Dorn, a 52-year-old camper from South Carolina who had been given up for lost by rescuers three weeks ago. The brothers, both college students from Minnesota, decided she was too weak to move, so they gave her food, firewood, water and a murder-mystery novel to keep her company, and hiked for a day and a half -- some 20 miles -- to get help

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