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A 46-year-old man was rescued by helicopter after he was trapped behind a waterfall for two days in the Sequoia National Forest on Aug. 12

He was treated for minor injuries and dehydration

"He didn’t know if he was ever going to get out of there," a rescuer said

A missing 46-year-old California man was found safe, but dehydrated, after he was trapped for two days behind a raging waterfall in the Sequoia National Forest, authorities said.

On Sunday, Aug. 10, Ryan Wardwell planned to rappel the Seven Teacups waterfalls near the North Fork of the Kern River in California, but didn’t return to his car by late Sunday night, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

Wardwell had hiked to the top of the falls with four friends, who decided to tu

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