The agency then notified park and late Thursday two rangers were dispatched by foot. After a nine-hour hike through steep terrain, high winds, and four- to five-foot snowdrifts did not end with the rangers finding the lost hiker, the rescuers took shelter in one of the Appalachian Trail shelters. They later found out they were an estimated four miles from Ainsworth.
Luckily, air operations out of the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport were successful in locating the lost hiker and the Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter took Ainsworth back to the airport. He was then taken by ambulance to LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville for medical evaluation. He was released from the hospital that same day.
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Stephen Dobyns has written 20 novels and more than 10 volumes of poetry; however, he is difficult to “classify.” His writing is praised by big league names as varied as Francine Prose and Stephen King, but he is most famous for a “sexual harassment” charge brought against him while he was teaching at Syracuse University (allegedly, he was overheard making “salty and crude” comments at a party).
