DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. - Rescuers exhaled Thursday after they found a Tahoe City man who survived for nearly two days outdoors through brutal snow conditions.
A bevy of search and rescue personnel found Kevin B. Davis, 28, Thursday near Donner Summit after he disappeared from friends while snowshoeing Tuesday afternoon, said the Nevada County Sheriff's Office.
Davis was airlifted in a California Highway Patrol helicopter to Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee, where Sheriff Keith Royal said he was recovering Thursday from hypothermia.
"(Davis) was in relatively good condition, although very hungry," according to a sheriff's office press release.
It was unclear when Davis would be released.
Conditions were relatively good early in the week, but snow picked up and visibility diminished Tuesday night into Wednesday, and up to 16 inches of snow were reported Thursday morning in the Truckee area.
The sheriff's office said Davis was found about a third of a m
A bevy of search and rescue personnel found Kevin B. Davis, 28, Thursday near Donner Summit after he disappeared from friends while snowshoeing Tuesday afternoon, said the Nevada County Sheriff's Office.
Davis was airlifted in a California Highway Patrol helicopter to Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee, where Sheriff Keith Royal said he was recovering Thursday from hypothermia.
"(Davis) was in relatively good condition, although very hungry," according to a sheriff's office press release.
It was unclear when Davis would be released.
Conditions were relatively good early in the week, but snow picked up and visibility diminished Tuesday night into Wednesday, and up to 16 inches of snow were reported Thursday morning in the Truckee area.
The sheriff's office said Davis was found about a third of a m
