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Man, who went hiking on a 119 degree day, rescued in Palm Springs

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Man, who went hiking on a 119 degree day, rescued in Palm Springs

A man who decided to go hiking on the hottest day of 2018 was rescued in Palm Springs on Friday.

The hiker called police after he fell down a ravine around the Dry Falls Trail west of the Palm Springs Art Museum around 8:08 pm, according to the Desert Sun. He told authorities he could not get out of the ravine and lost sight of the path. He also didn’t have enough water.

Terrain and weather kept the Palm Springs Police Search and Rescue from getting to the man on Friday night, so they kept in contact via cell phone until a helicopter could be flown in Saturday morning to rescue the man.

The hiker was in good health except other than some dehydration.

Update: Here is video of the rescue: