An 89-year-old hiker, equipped with only 19 pounds of gear, embarked on a five-day hiking trip in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. However, Bing Olbum found himself stranded for nearly 10 days in the rugged terrain of the over 4 million-acre forest.
Olbum traversed through peaks and saddles reaching over 8,000 feet, covering more than 20 miles in the alpine forest. The odds of survival in such conditions were deemed very unlikely by local search and rescue coordinator Lincoln Zollinger.
