He could have been lying on the beach with hula girls — but instead, a Brooklyn man wound up trapped in a blizzard during his trip to Hawaii.
Park rangers in a helicopter rescued Alex Sverdlov, 36, Wednesday from a snowstorm near the summit of the 13,000-foot Mauna Loa volcano, the park said Thursday.
“I’ve done many crazy hikes, but this one pretty much tops the bill,” Sverdlov said in a statement.
He was making an 18-mile trek on the side of the volcano Tuesday when the peak was hit with heavy snow and high winds. Sverdlov hunkered down with only his clothes to protect him overnight.
On Wednesday, park rangers found him and took him to safety