Four Mountain Bikers Lost in Oregon

Maybe they should stay on the trail, for a change!

Mike


Four Smith Rock mountain bikers rescued
Called 911 via cell phone for help
Four mountain bicyclists were rescued unhurt from peak of Smith Rock
Sunday evening when they could find way down.Posted: 1:31 PM, Mar. 12,
2007
Last Updated: 1:34 PM, Mar. 12, 2007

By KTVZ.com news sources

A cell phone made the difference for four mountain bikers who couldn't
find their way off Smith Rock Sunday evening and called for an assist,
Deschutes County sheriff's deputies said.
Shortly before 7 p.m., Deschutes County 911 dispatchers got a cell
phone call from a mountain biker who said he and three others were on
some peaks at Smith Rock State Park and couldn't find their way down,
said sheriff's Sgt. Chad Davis.

The four mountain bikers - later identified as Jared Kirk, 21, and
Natalie Carrillo, 20, both of Bend, and Brandy Atkinson and Leif
Anderson, both 25 and of Redmond - reported they were dehydrated and
out of water.

The county Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team responded to the area and
escorted the mountain bikers down and to the main parking area, Davis
said.

No one was injured, he added.

Davis reminded residents and visitors to prepare themselves for the
possibility of being lost or injured while recreating in Central
Oregon by taking a cell phone, food, water, maps, a first aid kit and
possibly a GPS when venturing in areas such as Smith Rock State Park.

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I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

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