Ahhh...so...in between a couple of my shots above...
This spot:
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I'd think some of the up climbing wouldn't be trivial...yikes...
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Ahhh...so...in between a couple of my shots above...
This spot:
Attachment 52744
I'd think some of the up climbing wouldn't be trivial...yikes...
thats it. it looks lots tougher from this perspective, 6+ feet above the head of the person in position to climb, than it really is.
The climb back out, with packs, was a lot like work; several interesting places, the crux being the corner drop above the slide.
Five of us did it, but the stalwarts were Kevin Earl and Zig Sondelski, who went BACK in to get the EMTs to the patient, and then had to climb back out a second time.
Send donations here:
Wayne County Sheriff
Search and Rescue
PO Box 219
Loa, UT 84747
And below is a request posted by Wayne County SAR last year. It would not have made a difference in this SAR, but it could in others.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wayne County SAR
When I talked to Kevin at the side of the road while he was waiting for SAR, I noticed a small injury on the side of his nose and asked about it. All he had time to say was that the upclimb was hard and that he had had some trouble on part of it.
On another note, it was pretty weird to run into someone I see almost every day at work (I go past his office on the way to the printer) out in some random spot in southern Utah.
note- there were garfield county people there at the rescue as well. several tropic fire dept shirts were prominent. from escalante also.