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MANILA, Utah — He was scared, but the 12-year-old Boy Scout still knew what to do when he got lost during a Utah wilderness outing: He built a shelter made of tree branches and wood to get through a cold night, and he covered himself in dirt to stay warm.
Jared Ropelato’s lean-to — a crude structure the Boy Scout manual advises Scouts to build if they become lost — kept him warm enough so he could sleep after the overnight low in Utah’s Ashley National Forest dipped to 31 degrees, said Daggett County sheriff’s spokeswoman Karen Peterson.
The boy had gotten lost while on his way by himself back to camp from a nearby lake, walking 8 or 9 miles before searchers on ATVs found him Saturday morning about 4 miles from where he started.
