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Hiker recalls harrowing week in Montana-Idaho wilderness

Florence, Mont. • A Utah man said he ate berries and bugs to survive for nearly a week while lost in wilderness along the Idaho-Montana border.

Kaden Laga, 25, is about to become a father and told himself he had to survive and make it home to his pregnant wife no matter what, he told Salt Lake City station KUTV in an interview Sunday.

The Orem man was on a horseback outing in Bitterroot-Selway Wilderness on Aug. 11 when one of the horses in the group went lame. He said he volunteered to hike back to the trailhead and get help but took a wrong turn and got lost without cellphone service.