Landhereislimited in alldirections: by the Mexicanborder to the south, the ocean to the west, the Marinebase at Camp Pendleton to the north, and the ClevelandNationalForesteast of the city.
The ordeal began on Easter, when the two teens set off on trails in part of the ClevelandNationalForest located in an unincorporated part of south Orange County.
The popular trail is in the ClevelandNationalForest, where the dangers of 720 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness run smack up against the planned communities and shopping malls of suburban southeast Orange County.
Kyndall Jack, 18, and Nicolas Cendoya, 19, were recuperating at separate Orange County hospitals from dehydration and minor injuries on Friday evening after being rescued from the ClevelandNationalForest, where they had been missing since Sunday.