Overview

• The 36-year-old from California left a base camp around 5 p.m. Friday to look for water and did not return.
• She was reported missing around 5 a.m. Saturday, prompting a coordinated search by Michigan State Police and the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office.
• Trooper 6 spotted her with its camera at about 10:40 a.m. in a swampy section of Pigeon River Country State Forest in northern Michigan.
• Ground officers and firefighters reached her location and walked her out, after which EMS evaluated her and found no serious injuries.
• Authorities have not released her identity, and the contest’s host has not been identified.