Hiker Fights Snow, Rain and Rough Terrain to Carry Injured Lost Dog Down Mountain to Safety
Photo: Courtesy Ted Kasper Tia Vargas was on her way down the trail to meet up with her father after reaching the 11,106-foot summit of Table Rock in the shadow of the Grand Tetons last month, when she saw a large English Springer Spaniel limping alongside a couple of hikers who were trying to find the dog’s owner. “They asked if he was mine and said that they’d seen a note at the bottom of the trail mentioning that somebody had lost their dog,” Vargas, 40, a single mother of three from Idaho Falls, Idaho, tells PEOPLE....