missing hikers found

(The Canadian Press) The daughters of two North Bay hikers who went missing for a week in the BC wilderness say their parents survived on cookies, oranges and mints.

Lynne Carmody and Rick Moynan failed to return to the Cathedral Lakes Lodge following a day hike in BC’s southern interior last Monday but managed to find their own way out of the bush on Sunday afternoon.

Sara Moynan says her parents had with them two oranges, three cookies, nine Tic Tacs and two Werther’s candies, which they rationed but were down to their last Tic Tac.

Lea Carmody says her parents had no idea how big the search was and thanked the 300-plus people who volunteered and helped out.