A missing Lebanon hiker has been found alive.
Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan said in a news release that Jerry Highsmith was found at 11:30 Thursday morning near a trail system around Duffy Lake.
Highsmith was experiencing symptoms of exposure and was unable to walk.
A helicopter from the Oregon Army National Guard took the 80-year old to an area hospital.
Highsmith was reported to have not returned from a backpacking trip when scheduled on Tuesday and the search was underway since then by various Search & Rescue teams and others.
