An Anchorage man who went missing near Nancy Lake State Recreation Area is safe and uninjured, Alaska State Troopers said Monday.
Shang O. Yi, a 67-year-old Anchorage man, had "gotten lost" after sunset Sunday on a hike he started earlier in the day, troopers said Monday.
Troopers reached Yi on his cell phone around 9 a.m. Monday. Yi told troopers had found a camp and was safe. He was uninjured.
Trooper spokesperson Megan Peters initially said Yi had found shelter in a cabin, but early Monday evening Peters clarified that Yi had taken shelter underneath a tarp.
A search and rescue team trekked out to the camp, and around 2:45 p.m., escorted him back to his car at the Red Shirt Lake trailhead, near Nancy Lake Recreational Park in Willow, troopers said.
Troopers, park rangers, and Mat-SAR rescue group from the area helped with the search.
Authorities received the report that Yi was missing at 8:30 p.m. Sunday.