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Rescue crews responded to a 7:18 p.m. alarm Sunday (Sept 20) to Mauna Loa for a lost hiker. A 42-year-old Japanese visitor got lost while hiking on the Mauna Loa trail about 1.5 miles above the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory. The man had been hiking all day, was caught in heavy rain, strong winds and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE An 11-year-old boy from Canada who took a shortcut off Kilauea Iki Trail was located by park rangers and reunited with his family late on the night of March 17. The boy left Kilauea Iki Trail from the crater floor, attempting to shortcut his way up to the parking lot at Thurston Lava […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Park rangers and a helicopter pilot rescued a 76-year-old man early Friday who got lost the previous day near Puu Huluhulu in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Zigui Yuan, 76, of China, spent an uncomfortable and chilly night on an old lava field after getting lost near Puu Huluhulu cinder cone, where there is […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 2:55 p.m. alarm Wednesday (April 27) to search for a lost hiker in the Laupahoehoe area. The male hiker left a hunting station 2.8 miles above the 30 mile marker on Highway 19 at 7 a.m., was unable to find his way back to his vehicle and called 911 for […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to a 10:02 p.m. alarm Wednesday (Oct 28) for a missing hiker on the slopes of Mauna Loa. A 43 year-old woman had gone hiking with her husband at 1 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct 28) near the Mauna Loa Observatory. At about 1:45 p.m. the hikers became separated when the husband stopped […]

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