A yoga instructor who went missing for 17 days while hiking in a US forest reserve survived by drinking from streams and eating plants
A yoga instructor who went missing for 17 days while hiking in a US forest reserve survived by drinking from streams and eating plants
26 May 2019
35-year-old Amanda Eller went hiking in Hawaii on May 8th but became lost when she walked deeper into the reserve, which covers more than 800 hectares.
Rescuers in a helicopter hired by her family spotted Eller on Friday afternoon in a ravine by a waterfall, a long way from her vehicle.
Eller, who also works as a physical therapist, was malnourished, shoeless, and had a broken leg and torn meniscus in her knee, as well as sunburn and scrapes.
She was airlifted to a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
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