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Dave Golder

Phoneless Taiwanese hiker trapped in ravine for 10 days alerts rescuers using water pipe

Taiwanese hiker trapped in ravine for 10 days alerts rescuers using water pipes.

A 54-year-old Taiwanese hiker who became trapped without a phone in a deep ravine for 10 days found an ingenious way to alert rescuers to his plight using a water pipe.

The Nantou County Fire Department said the man – identified only by his surname, Zhuang (莊) – began his solo hike on central Taiwan’s Fenghuangshan Trail on April 12. 

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