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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue help find 2 missing people in 2 nights

Tuesday night鈥檚 incident took place in GrayStokes while Wednesday鈥檚 was at Chute Lake
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Central Okanagan Search and Rescue helped find a missing geologist on Wednesday, Feb. 14 near 琉璃神社鈥檚 Chute Lake. (Central Okanagan Search and Rescue/Facebook)

It鈥檚 been a couple of busy nights in a row for Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) teams.

Around dinner time on Wednesday, Feb. 14, the 琉璃神社 RCMP asked COSAR for help in finding 鈥榓 lost, cold and wet amateur geologist鈥 near Chute Lake.

With the help of an RCMP helicopter, the person was spotted and an officer was able to find the geologist. The two were able to walk back to the officer鈥檚 vehicle which was stuck on a close-by forest service road.

COSAR crews were on the way to help the officer get their vehicle unstuck, but the officer was able to on their own. The geologist was returned to his home in 琉璃神社.

鈥淓veryone was back home by 9 p.m. to continue their Valentine鈥檚 Day,鈥 said COSAR in a Facebook post.

The night before (Tuesday, Feb. 13), COSAR鈥檚 Winter Response team went to locate a missing sledder in the GrayStokes area.

After being on the north side of Mount Moore, the sledder was able to make it out on their own.

Wednesday night鈥檚 rescue was the second rescue in the Chute Road/Lake area in a week. On. Feb. 8, COSAR was asked by the 琉璃神社 RCMP to attend at scene at Johns Family Nature Conservancy Regional Park on Chute Road.

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Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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