Teams tracked down a University of Oklahoma professor who went missing while hiking a mountain earlier this week in Nevada, his family said. Ronald Bolen’s family told KOCO 5 on Saturday that he was found alive and that teams are working to get him off the mountain. . His current condition is unknown, but his daughter said Bolen was dehydrated and taken to hospital. KOCO 5 is working to confirm with the local sheriff’s office that Bolen has been found, and we will continue to work to obtain more information. Bolen disappeared Tuesday afternoon as he tackled a very difficult hike to the top of Nevada’s tallest mountain. A photo he took and sent to his family showed Bolen had reached the top of the mountain. Bolen was officially reported missing on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Bolen is a professor of commerce at OU. He started walking to the top of Nevada’s Boundary Peak on Tuesday. “He texted us the morning before he left. He texted us when he reached the top, and we hadn’t heard from him that night,” Meredith Bolen told KOCO. 5 Friday.Bolen has been training to hike for months. His daughter said he is an avid hiker and does a big climb every summer. “It doesn’t matter how active you are when you’re injured She said. Summiting Boundary Peak is known as a difficult hike. Meredith Bolen said her father plans to hike it alone and then join others in California to continue the group hike.
Teams tracked down a University of Oklahoma professor who went missing while hiking a mountain earlier this week in Nevada, his family said.
Ronald Bolen’s family told KOCO 5 on Saturday that he was found alive and that teams are working to get him off the mountain. His current condition is unknown, but his daughter said Bolen was dehydrated and taken to hospital.
KOCO 5 is working to confirm with the local sheriff’s office that Bolen has been found, and we will continue to work to obtain more information.
Bolen disappeared Tuesday afternoon as he tackled a very difficult hike to the top of Nevada’s tallest mountain. A photo he took and sent to his family showed Bolen had reached the top of the mountain.
Bolen was officially reported missing at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Bolen is a professor of commerce at OU. He set out to hike to the top of Nevada’s Boundary Peak on Tuesday.
“He texted us the morning before he left. He texted us when he reached the top, and we hadn’t heard from him that night,” Meredith Bolen told KOCO 5 Friday.
Bolen has been training for the hike for months. His daughter said he was an avid hiker and did a big climb every summer.
“It doesn’t matter how active you are in rock climbing when you are injured,†she said.
Summiting Boundary Peak is known as a difficult hike.
Meredith Bolen said her father plans to hike it alone and then join others in California to continue hiking as a group.
