Rescuers Track Woman with Boot-Sole Pic

Police in Sedona, Arizona were able to locate a lost hiker thanks, in part, to a picture the woman sent of the tread on her hiking boots. Rescuers from the Yavapai County Sheriff department tracked the woman, a 44-year-old from Scottsdale, with GPS coordinates from a phone call she made requesting help, then confirmed her location on site with pictures she sent of her boots. Cellphone cameras are increasingly used in search and rescue operations: in separate occasions earlier this year, lost hikers in Great Britain directed rescuers to their location by taking pictures of their surroundings.

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