Boy Scout Troop Rescues 78-Year-Old Man Lost in the Wilderness

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A Boy Scout troop rescued Douglas Montgomery after he lost his bearings in the Emigrant Wilderness in California

Montgomery, 78, was alone and had lost his backpack containing his food and GPS-enabled communicator when Santa Barbara-based Troop 26 found him on Aug. 6

"I was getting colder and colder. And that’s when [Troop 26] came along," Montgomery recalled, per the Los Angeles Times

A Boy Scout troop is being praised after helping to rescue a 78-year-old man who was lost in the wilderness in California.

The Santa Barbara-based troop, Troop 26, consisting of nine members aged around 12 and five adult leaders, was on day four of a six-night trek through the High Sierra north of Yosemite, when they came across a man alone near Long Lake in the Emigrant Wilderness on Aug.