Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/16/2020
By: Kuo Chih-hsuan, Huang Li-yun and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, June 16 (CNA) A hiker who was rescued earlier Tuesday after being missing for 10 days in a mountainous area of Pingtung County said he drank his own urine to survive the ordeal.

After being rescued, 52-year-old Yang Hsin-cheng (楊欣正) told reporters that he had not eaten for 10 days and survived solely by drinking water and his own urine.

During the 10 days lost in the mountains, Yang said he thought about giving up several times, but kept going by chanting Buddhist mantras.

Yang made the comments after being airlifted by a helicopter from a riverbank in rural Laiyi Township, where he was found Tuesday morning, to Pingtung Fire Department and taken in an ambulance to Pingtung Christian Hospital.    [FULL  STORY]