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February 9, 2021

Construction worker survives 7 days stuck on snowy mountain road

  • Harland Earls was able to dry out his wet cellphone by stuffing it in a Ziploc bag with spaghetti and a hand warmer.
    • By DAISY NGUYEN
    Associated Press

    DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. — A California man survived a week stranded in the Sierra Nevada after following his GPS navigation system down a treacherous mountain road and getting hemmed in by deep snow.

    Harland Earls, 29, was rescued by a helicopter crew on Sunday, hours after emergency dispatchers tracked his cellphone to an unplowed road in the heart of the Tahoe National Forest, and seven days after he started on what should have been a 60-mile drive home to North Lake Tahoe from a friend's house, the Sierra County Sheriff's office said.


     
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