A British hiker found by search teams hunting missing raver Jay Slater on the Spanish island of Tenerife has insisted he ‘didn’t need rescuing’ after being tracked down by MailOnline.
David Larkin, 51, was discovered by police and mountain rescue teams on Friday as they scoured a remote gorge for Jay, 19, who hasn’t been seen for more than a week.
Posting on Facebook, local police described how they had ‘successfully’ found Mr Larkin after locals reported seeing him wandering into mountains a mile from where they were looking for the teenager.
The area around Masca has been a hive of activity since Jay went missing on June 17 with a vast area of the Parque Rural de Teno being searched using helicopters, drones and dogs.
It was during these searches that according to local authorities, a ‘tired and LK21 Streaming Movie disorientated’ Mr Larkin was found by search teams and ‘helped out of the ravine’ in the Asomada Canyon.Â
David Larkin, 51, was discovered by police and mountain rescue teams on Friday
 Jay, an apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, vanished on Tenerife on Monday June 17
Casa Rurales in Carrizales, the house that David Larkin is staying at overlooking the trail where he was rescued
Spanish police rescued the 51-year-old Scottish hiker who got lost near the same national park that they are searching for Jay inÂ
Police said: ‘Tired and disoriented, he was located by the agents and the rescue team who helped him get out of the ravine’
The 51-year-old Scottish hiker was located in a ravine near the Rural de Teno National Park after getting into a ‘difficult’ area that is not ‘suitable for travel’. Pictured: Police search near Jay’s last known location
But Mr Larkin said:’ I can tell you now, I wasn’t tired and I wasn’t disoriented, and I didn’t need rescuing.
