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A Colorado search and rescue team posted a frustrated plea to hikers to answer phone calls if overdue and rescuers are trying reach you.

Lake County Search and Rescues advice to hikers: If youre overdue according to your itinerary ... please answer the phone

A search and rescue unit in Colorado says a hiker spent the night in the forest after they "ignored repeated phone calls from us because they didnt recognize the number."

A Colorado search and rescue team posted a frustrated plea to hikers to answer phone calls if overdue and rescuers are trying reach you.

A Colorado search and rescue team posted a frustrated plea to hikers to answer phone calls if overdue and rescuers are trying reach you.

"If youre overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone," rescue group says.

TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) -- 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

Repeated attempts to contact the man missing on Mount Elbert for more than 24 hours went unanswered

Lake County Search and Rescue (LCSAR) are reminding those venturing into the high country to answer their phone if they ever become lost.

"If youre overdue according to your itinerary, and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone," rescue group says.