November 9, 2009 in City

Hiker found after night in forest

Navy veteran huddled among trees as snow fell
Tom Sowa toms@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5492
 
Tags: kootenai county north idaho search and rescue winter survival

Alisa Franck, of Spirit Lake, took this photo of herself Saturday while hiking on Chilco Mountain. She spent the night alone after getting lost. Photo courtesy Alisa Franck
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After spending a cold, restless night huddled against a tree in a North Idaho forest, Alisa Franck walked out early Sunday, greeted by two members of a search-and-rescue team.

Throughout the night, she said, she knew enough to stay focused. “I was not going to let hypothermia get me,” said Franck, 27, a Central Valley High School graduate and Navy veteran.

Franck had been out since early Saturday afternoon in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest near Chilco Mountain, east of Athol. She had joined her boyfriend, David Dodd, of Spirit Lake, who was out hunting. She decided to go …

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