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Brit biker beats benightment with bivouac

A story in today’s Guardian describes how a British mountain biker became disoriented in the mountains near Tahoma, California and went missing for 18 hours.

Getting lost in California doesn’t sound too harsh, but don’t be fooled – temperatures in the mountains dropped to -6 degrees C as Peter Street shivered in a shelter he’d made from tree branches.

Eli Okrent, of the Placer County Sheriff’s Department, is reported aas saying: “He didn’t have any proper equipment with him. He is lucky he had the skills to build the shelter and that he knew to stay put. That did help him out.”

You can read the full story on the Guardian website.

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