CARLSBAD, N.M., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Two adults and two young boys were found safe early Tuesday, more than a day after they got lost on a hike in New Mexico's Guadalupe Mountains.
Rescuers combed the Lincoln National Forest after the four were reported missing when they hadn't returned from a Sunday afternoon hiking trip, the El Paso (Texas) Times reported.
The adults, Garret Lusk and Sharon Escarzig, are with an El Paso, Texas-based National Guard unit and used their survival skills after getting lost, the newspaper said. The boys, ages 7 and 9, were not identified. The hikers were found huddled around a campfire near Sitting Bull Falls Cave.
A New Mexico State Police officer said the youngest boy suffered from mild hypothermia.
The hikers spent the rest of the night in a cabin with their rescuers until the roads could be cleared of heavy snow, the newspaper said.
