A Boy Scout troop is being recognized after helping rescue a 78-year-old man who was lost in California’s wilderness.
Troop 26, based in Santa Barbara, was on the fourth day of a six-night trek in the High Sierra north of Yosemite when they discovered the man alone near Long Lake in the Emigrant Wilderness on Aug. 6, according to the Los Angeles Times, KTLA, and the Santa Barbara Independent.
The man, Douglas Montgomery, had fallen into a lake and injured himself. After spending the night resting, he attempted to head home the next day but went miles in the wrong direction. He had also lost his backpack, which contained food and a GPS-enabled communicator, the outlets reported…