A 72-year-old man and his two dogs were rescued from the Oregon high desert last week after four days of stranding, Oregon State Police said.
(CNN) - A 72-year-old man and his two dogs took the road less traveled by to explore the isolated Oregon high desert.
Mountain biker Tomas Quinones discovered a man, severely dehydrated and nearly unconscious, on a July 18 ride through the canyon.
"I realized those were shoes, not hooves, and it was a person," Tomas Quinones told the Oregonian.
Randolph took off on foot the next morning, hiking more than 14 miles in the dry heat toward the nearest road, police said.