Missing on Appalachian Trail in Virginia … Legally Blind Hiker Kenneth Knight Found Safe
41 year old legally blind hiker, Kenneth Knight, was found safe and in good condition around 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009 after having gone missing along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. According to reports, Kenneth Knight, an editor for Backpacking Light set a fire to attract attention, then was met by firefighters who were responding to the brush fire. It was several miles from where he was last seen.
A legally blind hiking magazine editor who went missing along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia was found Saturday in good condition, authorities said.
Kenneth Knight, 41, of Ann Arbor, Mich., was found around 5 p.m. Saturday near Snowdon, said Randy Sutton, a spokesman for the Blue Ridge Parkway. Knight was last seen several miles away Sunday. Friends reported him missing when he failed to meet up with his hiking group and then missed his flight home Wednesday.
Knight was found near the John’s Hollow shelter, at least five miles from the Punchbowl Mountain shelter where he was last seen.
Knight was being taken to a local hospital, but Jordan said he did not think Knight was injured.
“I think he’s probably pretty tired, hungry and dehydrated, but nothing that I know of other than that,” Jordan said.
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