Ok Who's the Mack Daddy Who Made This?
- VermillionPearlGirl
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I have never been so sad to be 33...
- Uncle Rico
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- Breabonnie
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Dude, I so wish my dad could hike with me. He's 86. He was 43 when I was born. I think its fantastic to hear about this guy and his "young" age! Hope to see him around staying in shape and enjoying life.
YES! That has to be the same guy. Didn't even cross my mind.
As a matter of fact, he was up on Baden Powell.
Now I wonder why his kids don't want him hiking alone.
That guy is a stud.
An 85-year-old hiker spent Saturday night shivering on the side of Mt. Baden-Powell, but a sheriff's search and rescue team found him alive the next morning and loaded him into a helicopter for treatment of mild hypothermia.
Donald Buchanan of Temple City was found about 10:30 a.m. off a trail near Mt. Baden-Powell, said Deputy J. Ames of the sheriff's Palmdale station.
On Saturday morning, Buchanan had gone on a day hike in the Vincent Gap area, near Wrightwood, said Lt. Darren Harris of the Palmdale Sheriff's Station.
"When he didn't return home, his son drove to the area and found his father's car still parked at the trailhead" late Saturday, Harris said.
Although nighttime temperatures in the area were in the mid-40s, Buchanan was an experienced hiker who carried a backpack with survival gear.
"He was found at 10:30 a.m. He was pulled out about 10:40 a.m.," Ames said, and transported to Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena.