California Couple Who Vanished for Nearly a Week Found Alive

California Couple Who Vanished for Nearly a Week Found Alive
Ian Irwin (L) and Carol Kiparsky. Marin County Sheriff
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INVERNESS, Calif.—An academic couple who got lost during a Valentine’s Day hike in the woods of Northern California was found Saturday by rescuers who spent almost a week looking for them and had given up hopes of finding them alive.

Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian Irwin, 72, were found in a densely forested area near Tomales Bay, a narrow inlet about 30 miles north of San Francisco, and were airlifted to a hospital for treatment of hypothermia, Marin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider said at a news conference.