Lost hikers guided through remote area

An additional 14 rescue workers have been sent to help extract three hikers who were stranded in a remote part of Sichuan province's Wolong Nature Reserve after they were found by an earlier rescue team of 16, according to a report on Sunday in Western China Metropolis Daily.

At least 30 people, including police officers, medical workers and residents, had been involved in the search.

Wolong police received a call from the hikers on a satellite phone at about 3 pm on Thursday. The caller said he and his two companions - a man and a woman - were unable to continue.