SILT HAPPENS #04-4

Incidents: 04-46 to 04-52 (July-August, 2004)
 In this issue: Dehydration and falls
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GCSAR Home "Silt Happens" Member Profiles Schedule of Events Operations Statistics
 7-13   GCSAR Ready Packs, Being Out Doors, Tracking  
 7-22   GCSAR Tracking  
 8-10   GCSAR GPS, Compass, Computer, Tracking  
 8-26   GCSAR Medical  
 9-14   GCSAR Mock Incident  
 9-25   GCSAR Ken's Lake  
10-12  GCSAR ICS / Leadership  
10-28  GCSAR Medical  
11-09  GCSAR Medical - Nominations for Rescuer of the Year  
 
Incident Tally by Month
2002-  J-0  F-3  M-  9   A- 8    M- 10  J-12[42]   J-  5   A-7   S-7   O-  9  [70]  N-5   D-3  [78]
2001-  J-0  F-2  M-  5   A-11   M-   8  J- 6 [32]   J-  6   A-3   S-2   O-  2  [45]  N-5   D-1  [51]
2000-  J-2  F-4  M-  9   A-13   M- 14  J- 7 [49]   J-  3   A-2   S-9   O-  7  [70]  N-0   D-0  [70]
1999-  J-1  F-1  M-15   A-  4   M- 11  J- 8 [40]   J-  6   A-9   S-9   O-13  [77]  N-7   D-2  [86]
1998-  J-0  F-1  M-  5   A-18   M- 15  J- 3 [42]   J-10   A-2   S-4   O-  9  [67]  N-3   D-1  [71]  
1997-  J-4  F-6  M-10   A-  8   M- 16  J- 9 [53]   J-  4   A-6   S-5   O-  9  [77]  N-8   D-0  [85]            
1996-  J-4  F-5  M-  2   A-12   M- 14  J- 7 [44]   J-  5   A-5   S-5   O-  6  [65]  N-9   D-4  [78] 
                                                             7 year average: [74]


04-46     7-12-04     Biker Down     Porcupine Rim Singletrack
   Dehydrated biker in the hot sun.  We wheeled him out on the Stokes
Litter.
Responders: Frank, Rex, Bego, Lee, Kevin


04-47     7-18-04     Unpaged      Agency Assist        Broken Leg           
Arches NP
   Arches 224, needed some help to wheel this teen out from South
Window.
Responders:  Jim Gostlin, Bego


GCSAR  Training     7-22-04          Tracking
   Describing shoe prints over the radio to someone drawing the
print..  Tracking. GPSing.

04-48     8-4-04     Biker down     SRBT
   Originally paged as a “14 year old boy has fallen off a cliff.” 
Paged 2 times.  No cliff. Helmet broke in fall off bike.  We brought him out on the Polaris Ranger.
Responders:  Frank, Nancy, Sam, Bego, Barbara, Jeff

04-49     8-11-04     Motorcycle Accident     Lion’s Back Campground
   Motorcycle over cliff.  GCSAR 10- 22d.
Responders:  Bego, Lee, Jon, Sam

04-50     8-20-04     Dehydrated Hiker     Upheaval Dome     Island
in the Sky
   Dehydrated hiker at the bottom of Syncline Loop trail.  It would
be a 1200 feet UP carry out.  
   Canyonlands 523 went for the trailhead and found the hiker there.
Responders:  Rex, TBerry, Bego, Sam, Aug

04-51     8-21-04     Vanished from the Dolores Triangle
   Subject and friend got vehicle stuck.  Both tried to walk out. 
Female got a ride.  Male got a ride too but much later.  Subject located in Grand Junction.
Responders:  Frank, Sam, Nancy, TBerry, Barbara, Margy, Aug

04-52     8-23-04     Dehydrated  Bikers     Moab Rim
   The subjects called to say they were at the top of the chairlift
and dry.  The 2 subjects refused EMT services.  Everyone came down the chairlift.  Thank you Scott McFarland for turning on the chairlift.
Responders:  Frank, Sam, Dave, TBerry, John, Lee, Jeff

"Silt Happens" Back Issues
#04-3 (May-June, 2004) -- Lost hikers, a fallen climber and a missing hitchhiker
 

#02-6 (November-December, 2002)--Depressed people, a speeding semi and winter warnings
#02-5 (September-October, 2002) – Floating Hummer, Mystery Ropes, Two Recoveries
#02-4 (July-August, 2002) -- Stuck kids, more broken bikers and lost hikers
#02-3 (May-June, 2002) -- Hot bikers, dried bikers, late bikers...lessons in desert biking.
#02-2 (Mar-Apr, 2002) -- Flying cars, rolling jeeps, crashing ATV's -- another typical Easter in Moab
#02-1 (Jan-Feb, 2002) -- Hummering along, Olympically Torched, Dogsgone
 

#01-5 (Sept-Dec, 2001) -- Three cheers for Nancy, more fun on the rocks, broken bones
#01-4 (July-August, 2001) -- Mock muck, river claims victims, aMAZEing survival
#01-3 (May-June, 2001) -- Group heat exhaustion, Zane flies, boys get stuck
#01-2 (March-April) -- Rocks fall, bones break, bikers get lost
#01-1 (Jan-Feb., 2001) -- Doggie Bagged; Pilot dies in Book Cliffs crash

#00-5 (Sept.-Oct. 2000) Brad finds a son; a relatively quiet couple of months.
#00-4 (July-August2000) -- Airplane crash, a note from Colin, the search for Jeff Firak
#00-3  (Apr-June2000) -- Stuck on the Tombstone, the usual lost and dried bikers, Chris's Mill Creek adventure, Clinton stabilizes Frank's porch
#00-1,2,&2.5 (Jan-Apr2000) -- Nathan jumps, Matt splats, waiting for high water, confluence disappears, Mill Creek wall strike

#99-5 (Sept-Dec99) -- The "Mari" incident, Westwater drowning, Jeeping off Gemini, Stuck on Fine Jade
#99-4 (July - August 99) -- NPS Whitewater Rescues; Prepare Fair; Tracking by Sgt.Green; Credit for responding, finishing the job; Air Life's preferred radio freq; The Puke Frog returns; Lightning
#99-3 (May-June 99) -- Cataract High; Web rescue; Disaster Brothers; Search Training; Short Haul at altitude; Leadership; Rescue: Who pays
#99-2 (Mar-Apr 99) -- River Peak Flow Forecast; Arches Rock Rescue; Lift Evacuation Team; Huge Fund Raiser; Thanks Brad; Knotcraft
#99-1 (Jan-Feb 99) -- Adventure; "Too Short"; Gary Haynes; Evac Team Paid Now

#98-6 (Nov-Dec 98) -- Thanks Yous; Tramway and rescue plans; Cellular Phonefinder; Practice Safe Response; Pipeline Go BOOM
#98-5 (Sept-Oct 98) -- Credit for Responding; Colin Smith @ NPS SAR; Response Statistics; Old Men Do Cliff ResQ; Documentation; SLTrib: $ for SAR
#98-4 (July-Aug 98)
#98-3 (May-June 98)
#98-2 (Mar-Apr 98)
#98-1 (Jan-Feb 98)

#97-6 (Nov-Dec 97)
#97-5 (Sept-Oct 97)
#97-4 (July-Aug 97)
#97-3 (May-June 97)
#97-2 (Mar-Apr 97)
#97-1 (Jan-Feb 97)