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A California hiker has been rescued after being trapped in the mountains for ten days, surviving on just wild berries and a gallon of water a day. On June 11, 34-year-old Lukas McClish was on a three-hour hike in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But it quickly disappeared, in part because of recent wildfires in the area that destroyed landmarks. On June 16, his family reported him missing after he failed to show up on Father’s Day, sparking a multi-day search and rescue effort. Mr. McClish was found Thursday after a drone from the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office spotted him. In a post, they said Mr. McClish was found in the woods between Imperial and Big Basin roads in Santa Cruz County. He was found without serious injuries and reunited with his family, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said. “It was truly a team effort that resulted in the best outcome we could have hoped for,” the sheriff’s office said. McClish told local ABC News that he went for his walk that day wearing “only a pair of pants, a pair of hiking shoes, and a hat.” “I had a flashlight and a pair of folding scissors, like a Leatherman tool. That was it,” he added. He said he survived by drinking lots of water, which he collected with his boots. “I made sure to drink a gallon of water a day, but as I got closer to the end, my body needed food and some kind of sustenance,” he said. Mr McLeish said the experience had left him “tired and a little sore” and that he was moved by seeing all the rescue teams searching for him. “It was really humbling, I don’t know, it was an incredible experience,” Mr McLeish said, but added that he might not go out in the wild for some time. “The amount of hiking I did was probably enough to last me the rest of the year,” he said.
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