Missing 75-year-old hiker found alive on Mount Baldy - KTLA Los Angeles

A 75-year-old antheral who had disappeared portion hiking connected Mount Baldy implicit the play has been recovered live connected Tuesday.

Jin Chung, 75, from North Hollywood, was recovered responsive and transported to a infirmary for treatment, confirmed the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

He had suffered a limb wounded and immoderate weather-related wounds, officials said. Chung was archetypal reported missing astir 6 a.m. connected Sunday.

He had carpooled to the upland with 2 different radical earlier the parties separated. They planned to conscionable backmost up astatine 2 p.m., but Chung ne'er returned, officials said.

Both aerial and crushed crews searched for Chung and astatine times, officials said helicopters had to beryllium grounded owed to gusty winds implicit the weekend. Ground crews besides ceased operations astatine times owed to icy conditions.

The country had already claimed the lives of 2 radical successful the past 30 days, portion 2 different hikers stay missing connected Tuesday, including British histrion Julian Sands, 65, and Robert Gregory, 61, from Hawthorne.

Authorities warned the nationalist of icy hiking trails and unsafe wintry conditions on Mt. Bady hiking trails.

“Up successful Mount Baldy, the winds were 50-60 miles per hour,” said Alex Tardy from the National Weather Service. “Some of the windiest spots successful that area, connected the foothills of the San Gabriels, were arsenic precocious arsenic 75.”

While Chung has been recovered safely, 2 others inactive stay missing successful the area. Sands was reported missing connected Jan. 13 aft heading to Baldy Bowl and Gregory was reported missing aft helium was believed to beryllium hiking adjacent Crystal Lake.

Local hikers noted the wintertime conditions this twelvemonth look to beryllium much treacherous.

“The conditions this twelvemonth are the iciest I’ve ever seen,” said Doug Hardy, a hiker from Ontario. “It’s mode harder coming down. If you’re going up the 45-degree expanse of ice, erstwhile you crook astir and look down it’s similar man, you cannot screw that up.”

Authorities are informing the nationalist to “avoid hazardous mountainous areas specified arsenic Mt. Baldy astatine this time.”

“Many hikers, experienced oregon novice, underestimate the steep terrain, unpredictable weather, and precocious winds that contiguous themselves successful our upland areas,” officials warn. “Exposure to the elements and falls contributes to Mt. Baldy’s increasing mortality complaint and the hazard of avalanches prolongs rescue efforts.”

A precocious upwind ticker volition stay successful effect from Wednesday to Thursday, which authorities accidental could hinder the continued hunt for Sands and Gregory.