MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — Three teenagers who planned to camp on a mountain near Maple Ridge, B.C., had to be rescued when their equipment turned out to be insufficient for sub-zero temperatures. Rescuers called the group and determined they were only lightly equipped and not fully prepared to spend a night in the snow. The team sent out to retrieve the trio encountered a slowdown with a punctured tire on its off-road vehicle and a second team was forced to hike to the camping site. Crews found two of the teenagers soaking wet from the hike up, and without a stove or other heat source they were beginning to suffer from hypothermia.

Source: National Post February 12, 2018 17:37 UTC