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Missing hiker found in Pisgah National Forest

Friday, October 9th, 2009
Last night rescue workers found a lost hiker near Trace Ridge in Pisgah National Forest after a three-and-a-half-hour search.

Emily Gibson of Weaverville was camping in the area and decided to go on a hike earlier in the day.

"My brother and I went to Trace Ridge. This is the first time we have been up here," she told the Times-News. "I put on a backpack with a few crackers and water and headed out. I wound up far away up on a ridge. I found a horse trail and started following it, trying to work my way back to camp."

Around 5:30 the woman started screaming for help. A young couple and a hunter heard her cries and called authorities. Searchers fanned out across the Wash Creek and North Mills River areas and eventually came across Gibson around 9 p.m. last night.

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