Overview

• A satellite text from near Giant Ledge at about 5 p.m. on Aug. 29 reported the group lost after taking mushrooms, with one suffering a "debilitating high."
• Three DEC forest rangers, joined by Pine Hill Fire and Shandaken Ambulance, located the hikers around 6:45 p.m. and escorted them to the trailhead for evaluation.
• Officials said the four, all men in their 20s, required no hospitalization and were driven to their rental lodging.
• A ranger returned the next day and recovered the group's lost car keys from a sling bag hidden under a log in tall ferns.
• The case follows a similar May incident in New York's mountains and comes as DEC reports 139 search-and-rescue responses since the start of July.