Overview
- The man's wife reported him missing around 5:30 p.m. after receiving texts that he had taken a wrong turn and had low battery.
- Deputies searched fire roads near a 'Find My' ping by Bon Tempe Dam but requested Marin County Search & Rescue at 11:20 p.m.
- About 35 SAR members deployed with e-bikes, a UTV and a drone as CHP supported with an aircraft using thermal imaging.
- A team located the hiker just after 2:00 a.m. above the Kent Trail near Van Wick Creek and provided water and a medical assessment.
- He said his phone died after nightfall, he went off-trail and had a couple of non-injury falls before staying put, and he later returned home without serious injury.