KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- An injured hiker rescued from the Appalachian Trail after four snowy days was at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville Thursday.
Tennessee rangers said David Dinwiddie, 62, was rescued Wednesday night, the Knoxville News reported. More than 20 people were involved in the effort.
"He's doing pretty well" suffering from hypothermia and frostbite, a park spokeswoman said.
Dinwiddie apparently left his van in the campground parking lot Saturday to begin his ill-fated hike into the rugged northeastern section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
He suffered some type of injury Sunday and was found in his sleeping bag in the middle of the Appalachian Trail, said Chief Ranger Jim Northup.
"Even though it's pretty warm and sunny down here, it's full-blown winter up on the Appalachian Trail," Northup said. "The snow is about 18 inches deep."
