(AP) — A 62-year-old hiker missing for nine days in California's rugged Sierra Nevada with a broken leg endured freezing nighttime temperatures and crawled two days for water before getting the attention of rescuers with a whistle she carried for moments of crisis, authorities said Monday. After two days on the ground, she decided to crawl 150 yards down a rocky, shrub-covered ravine to a spot where she heard running water, Fresno County sheriff's Deputy Jason Vinogradoff said. Vinogradoff described Harwood's survival as a miracle and said the avid hiker is a strong-willed person who did not complain of extreme pain. The group searched for her after she disappeared and reported her missing, prompting the search led by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office. Survival instructor Cliff Hodges, founder of Adventure Out LLC, said that without the water from the stream, Harwood would not have survived for nine days.