Lost hiker ignored phone calls from search team because they didn't recognize number

A person who went missing during a hike last week in Colorado ignored multiple phone calls from search-and-rescue because they didn’t recognize the number, according to authorities.

In a Facebook post last Thursday, Lake County Search and Rescue (LCSAR) described how they had been called at around 8 p.m. on Oct 18 with a report of a hiker who was overdue to return from a hike on Mount Elbert.

Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, and the highest point in the entire state of Colorado, U.S.

The hiker had departed on their hike from the south trailhead at around 9 a.m. that morning, LCSAR were told, and still had not returned.

Search-and-rescue tried multiple times to reach the hiker on their cell phone, but received no response.