Lots of air traffic in the west

[Janet]

Thanks to the turtle for this .....

Emergency services at the scene this morning report that they had telephone contact with the hiker yesterday, losing contact around dusk when, presumably, his phone battery died. He was able to describe where he was, which is probably why they've been able to focus the search today in the barranco de Niágara, and he reported that he needed water, and that he was a diabetic. Hopefully they will be much closer to locating him now, and at least we know that as of last evening he was alive and well, albeit in some distress.

JA

[Janet]

Control point at the search for the missing hiker, photo courtesy of 112 Canarias

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Helicopters are still up and it is a good 30 degrees outside.

[Janet]

Guardia Civil mountain rescuers have found the elderly German hiker who has been missing in the Niágara barranco in Guía de Isora since Monday. He was found alive and well, though suffering from symptoms of dehydration, and was taken by helicopter to the Adeje helipad before being transferred to a hospital for an evaluation of his condition. JA

[Nova]

So glad to hear it!  Well done search team