The Carbon County Search and Rescue team stepped in to save the day for a mushroom forager hurt and stranded in a rugged and remote area of the Medicine Bow National Forest.

The man, who is in his 70s, and his wife had hiked into a far-flung spot in the Sheep Creek area north of the Platte Wilderness on Monday, Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken told Cowboy state Daily on Wednesday.

The man was in excellent shape, but he fell and suffered a devastating ankle injury that rendered him immobile, leaving him in severe danger, said Bakken, who declined to release the man’s name.

The man’s wife left him and hiked 3 miles before finally finding somebody traveling on a U.S. Forest Service road who had cell service to summon help, Bakken said.

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The remoteness of the location

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