This is an incredible story. A four-day hike went awry and only a message in a bottle saved the family of three
The word ‘help’ desperately scrawled into the side of a plastic bottle saved a family stranded in an isolated canyon.
Ropes and caribiners Curtis had attached to rocks during a previous trip to help the family descend the waterfall safely were gone. Curtis said the trio were in the middle of a four-day hike in June when they found themselves stranded. Hunter said: ‘At 12 o’clock at night my dad started shaking me and said “They’re here, they’re here!” And we see a helicopter.’Krystal added: ‘They said, “This is search and rescue and you have just been found”. I’m pretty sure I fell to my knees.’
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