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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. === 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! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Four Mountain Bikers Lost in Oregon
Maybe they were on the trail, but it got dark.
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message ... 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. === 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! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Two Hikers Lost in San Jacinto Mountains
On Mar 13, 10:39 am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Maybe they should stay on the trail, for a change! Two lost hikers who survived three nights in the frigid San Jacinto Mountains said they stumbled upon the campsite of a man who vanished a year ago and were able to scavenge food, clothes and matches from his backpack. Brandon Day and Gina Allen were rescued Tuesday after searchers spotted smoke from a fire the Dallas couple had started. As Day thanked their rescuers later Tuesday, he said he and Allen were also grateful to the backpack's owner, John Donovan, a retired Virginia social worker who disappeared during a hike in May 2005. "I want to thank him for helping save our lives," Day said. Papers in the orange backpack connected it to Donovan, and searchers planned to scour the area this week for the missing man's remains, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Earl Quinata said. "Even in his death, he was helping people," Donovan's longtime friend, Chris Hook, said from Richmond, Virginia. Donovan, an experienced hiker, was last seen in the San Jacinto Wilderness on May 3, 2005, about two weeks after he retired from Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Va. The 60-year-old planned to hike the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, from Southern California to the Canadian border. A longtime friend of Donovan, Chris Hook, told the Dallas Morning News Tuesday that he hoped the discovery would soon lead to the recovery of the retired social worker's remains. "That is amazing," Hook, told the Morning News from his home in Richmond, Va. "In a way, John might have saved their lives. His pack being there helped them to be found. That's how John's life went. Even in his death, he was helping people." Hook said he assumed his friend got hurt and froze to death in a snowstorm that blew on the last night he was seen alive. Day, 28, and Allen, 24, were in Southern California for a financial convention. They got lost west of Palm Springs when they wandered off a trail near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway during what was supposed to be a day hike. They said they spent Saturday night in a cave, dressed only in light clothing and without any supplies, then followed a creek Sunday and Monday that they hoped would lead them down the mountain to safety. The creek led to a gorge, where they found Donovan's campsite. When both Day and Allen missed their flights home and relatives and friends became concerned after they couldn't reach them by phone, friends and family alerted the authorities, the Morning News reports. Riverside Mountain Rescue crews began searching about Monday afternoon. Searchers in a sheriff's helicopter spotted them Tuesday about 2 1/2 miles from the tramway. The two were treated at a hospital for dehydration, bumps and bruises. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1605893.shtml |
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Two Hikers Lost in San Jacinto Mountains
Yes, I remember reading this story.....LAST YEAR....
"Olebiker" wrote in message ups.com... On Mar 13, 10:39 am, Mike Vandeman wrote: Maybe they should stay on the trail, for a change! Two lost hikers who survived three nights in the frigid San Jacinto Mountains said they stumbled upon the campsite of a man who vanished a year ago and were able to scavenge food, clothes and matches from his backpack. snipp Searchers in a sheriff's helicopter spotted them Tuesday about 2 1/2 miles from the tramway. The two were treated at a hospital for dehydration, bumps and bruises. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1605893.shtml |
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Two Hikers Lost in San Jacinto Mountains
On Mar 14, 9:42 am, "Wayne" wrote:
Yes, I remember reading this story.....LAST YEAR.... Over your head like a high breeze. |
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Two Hikers Lost in San Jacinto Mountains
On Mar 14, 8:42 am, "Wayne" top posted:
Yes, I remember reading this story.....LAST YEAR.... Well as long as the topic is (apparently) misc. backcountry news ...did you read this one? Grand Teton National Park (WY) Snowboarder Rescued From Backcountry Rangers, county SAR personnel and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort ski patrol staff rescued a backcountry snowboarder late on the afternoon of February 28th after he became stranded on a cliff in Granite Canyon. Timothy Cator, 27, from the United Kingdom but currently living in Norway, entered the park's backcountry from the resort with three companions, intending to snowboard out-of-bounds from the resort. Cator became stranded on a cliff in the Northwest Passage area and was unable to climb back up or continue boarding down. Cator was in voice contact with his companions, who descended into Endless Couloir, and their conversation caught the attention of an off-duty ski patroller who was in the vicinity at the time. The ski patrolman used his cell phone to call for assistance. Three Jackson Hole Mountain Resort ski patrollers picked up a rope and technical gear at their rescue cache before skiing to the Northwest Passage area. One patrolman was lowered down to Cator's position, placed a climbing harness on him, then lowered Cator over the short cliff to a point where he could safely traverse back into Endless Couloir. The rope was then tied off and the patrolman rappelled off the same point. The traverse out of Granite Canyon back to Teton Village is relatively flat with a few uphill sections. Exiting the canyon with a tired snowboarder in unconsolidated snow - and the increased exposure time spent crossing run out zones of several avalanche paths - prompted the decision to use the Teton County contract helicopter to expedite the final stage of Cator's rescue. Additional factors taken into consideration for using a helicopter evacuation included the lateness of the day, approaching weather, and considerable avalanche danger. Rangers were able to use the same helicopter landing zone in Granite Canyon that had been packed down for the rescue of an avalanche victim on the previous Sunday. Cator and his companions were unaware of avalanche conditions in Granite Canyon, were not carrying any avalanche gear with them, and were unfamiliar with the area and the complex avalanche terrain in which they intended to snowboard. They were also unprepared for the relatively flat trail that skiers traverse to return to Teton Village as they exit the Granite Canyon area. R Everyone likes to see helo's fly. |
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