Four Mountain Bikers Lost in Oregon

Maybe they were on the trail, but it got dark.

"Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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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!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Mike Vandeman said:

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/2006/05/10/national/main1605893.shtml

Yes, I remember reading this story.....LAST YEAR....

"Olebiker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Mike Vandeman said:

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

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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/2006/05/10/national/main1605893.shtml

Wayne said:

Yes, I remember reading this story.....LAST YEAR....

Over your head like a high breeze.

On Mar 14, 8:42 am, "Wayne" <[email hidden]> top posted:

Quoted message said:

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.