06-6 3-5-06 Overdue Biker
Bartlett Wash/Hidden Canyon
Overdue biker. The Hasty people had just escaped town when we were
10-22d cuz he showed up.
Responders: Frank, Sam, Dave, Jeff, Jim, Margy, Cody Duckie
06-7 3-17-06 Fall
Up from the Boat Dock
10- 22’d. A guy had his camp way upstream from the boat dock by the
"up route." He fell off something before noon and finally his yelling
attracted a kyaker on the River. EMS and others took care of the scene.
Responders: Rex, Dave, Barbara
06-8 3-18-06 Two Fall Off Cliff,
One Stranded Echo CG Kane Creek
Echo Campground, up Kane Creek a few miles, seems to attract
disaster. Several base jumpers have crashed there. A hiker stranded in the
cliffs.
Three hikers climbed up rotten ledges and blocks for a hundred
feet. Lots of loose rock had been knocked down to the talus below.
Two males subjects "fell" to the talus below and one female was
stranded on a ledge. There are many other parts to this
story..............
It was awful. GCSAR assisted EMS with the two very injured males.
Then, Cody belayed Bego who climbed up to the stranded female, clad
only in briefs and a tank top. "I climbed up here in my bell bottomed
pajamas, barefoot," she said. "Where are they now?" "I don’t know." She
was lowered to the ground.
Responders: Rex, Dave, Barbara, Cody the belayer, Bego, Sam
06-9 3-24-06 Rappel Anchor
Failure and Fall Hell’s Revenge Trail
He was reported to have rappelled earlier on his trip using a Jeep
as an anchor. On the way out....
This guy looped a piece of sling around a boulder, threaded the
rope thru part of it (?), leaned back.... and nothing was there. As he
fell, his friend on top grabbed the rope and got a bad rope burn trying to
stop the fall. His friend down on the bottom watched it all.
It took a while to get word out as to exactly where he was. It
became apparent that he was near the exit road of Hell’s Revenge.
The NEW 1 T 502 went part way in. GCSAR Rangers then took the EMTs
to the accident site. CareFlight was summoned cuz of a head injury and
Cody landed the helo right there.
Responders: Bego, Rex, Cody, Duckie, James, Jim, Aug, Dave, Barbara
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La Saloppet Ski Race 3-25-06
37 skiers, mostly racers, some on the "social tour." GCSAR and EMS
supported the race on snowmobile at Geyser Pass with Gatorade (needed) and
First Aid (not needed). McKay Edwards of Moab Springs Ranch hosted this
race, the third one in four years. Fun times up high in the snow.
Responders: Jim, Bego, Barbara and Mark Marcum from EMS
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06-10 3-28-06 Biker Down
Klondike Bluffs Trail
This fellow from Minnesota lives very near where Polaris Rangers
are made.
He followed his son thru a dip in the rock but crashed, giving him
a shoulder dislocation.
GCSAR and EMS responded. Info about his exact location was hard to
decipher. For patient care, he was transported out to the staging area
sitting up in the Polaris Ranger because this was the most comfortable
position.
Responders: Bego, Rex, Steve 2Browndogstacotuesday, Aug, Barbara,
Dave, Cody, John, Shawn
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Arches Rock Rescue- 3 days Hosted by Jason Ramsdell, SUEG SAR
Coordinator
Arches Rock Rescue continues to be one of the best on the Colorado
Plateau. Nice Views too.
Instructors: Jason Ramsdell, Kevin Moore, Murray
Shoemaker, Steve Young, Bego
Day 1- Intro, Safety, overview, preparedness, knots, equipment, building
anchors, belay, rappel.
Day 2- Rescue loads and the requisite rigging, load releasing hitch demo,
St Mary’s Helo Ops class, litter
rig and attendant rig, edge pro and
attendant, mechanical advantage, patient packaging
Day 3- Putting it all together: Lowering / raising evolutions, high angle
scree evac demo (cool).
Responders for all or part: Jim Gostlin, Steve Brownell, Barbara,
Christa, Mike, August, Bego, Kris, T-Berry, Dave
Kyler Carpenter joins the Park Service. Like that !!
The River Unit has 900 numbers now.
TBerry is C921 and Kyler Carpenter is C922 Paul Cowan is C920
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06-11 3-31-06 Overdue Biker
SRBT
This guy started the Practice Loop at 6 pm which should be enuff
time but he didn’t return by dark.
Zane 1 T 9 paged us out and said that some other bikers with lights
were going to go look too. We were 10-22d shortly later when the other
bikers brought the subject to the parking lot.
Responders:
06-12 4-8-06 Agency Assist
Arches Natural Park Carry Out Delicate
Arch Trail
On the first day of Easter Week and the first "hot" day of the year
(still quite mild).
This older gentleman hiked up to Delicate Arch. On the way back he
sat down and "passed out." He soon got up and continued out. Rangers met
up with him and he said he could finish the hike. However, he soon sat
down again feeling faint.
Arches Rangers then decided to carry him the rest of the way to the
parking lot. They summoned GCSAR to help with the carry out.
The subject was transferred to the ambulance and on to AMH.
Responders: Rex, Jim, Bego
6-13 4-13-06 Jeep Rollover
SteelBender
This jeep had 5 people in it when they got to the hard place. Four
folks got out to watch. The jeep bounced part way down the obstacle then
rolled down the side hill a long way, stopped by the only tree around.
The RP phoned 911 to say a jeep had rolled but she wasn’t right at
the scene.
GCSAR was paged Helicopter Star 8 was ready to take off and did so,
stopping by the EMS Shed at the Courthouse to pick up two EMTs. They flew
to the scene. Archie 1T5 soon announced the subject refused treatment or
transport.
Responders: Rex, Bego, Barbara, Lee, Matt, Lee, Kris, Cody, James
Mc, Aug
06-14 4-13-06 Mtn Biker Injury-
Bad hip Shrimp Rock
The call in said an "older" guy fell and injured his hip. He could
stand up but no way could he ride or hike out.
Helicopter Star 8 with 2 EMTs aboard flew out. Moments later the
helo flew the patient to the SRBT parking lot to a waiting ambulance.
Responders: Rex, Bego, Barbara, Lee, Matt, Lee, Kris, Cody, James
Mc, Aug
06-15 4-13-06 Jeep Rollover
Lion’s Back
No seat belt. Jeep rolled over, front passenger was ejected and the
roll bar crushed his femur. No seat belt.
Responders: Rex, Bego, Barbara, Lee, Matt, Lee, Kris, Cody, James
Mc, Aug
06-16 4-14-06 Medical Assist
Dumb Bump
Reported that CPR was in progress. The guy had a seizure (hence the
no breathing??) but was soon sort of OK. He had another seizure in the
hospital shortly later and was flown to St Mary’s.
Responders: Rex, Kris, James Mc, Cody
06-17 4-14-06 Seizure, then Lost
Hwy 313
They argued. He walked away from her and the road. Not to far from
the road he sat under a tree and had a "seizure." She went back to the car
and cell phoned for help. When she got back to the tree, he was gone and
it was dark. There is some speculation that she had to drive somewhere
else to get cell coverage and didn’t make it back to the same tree.
We responded with 2 BLM units and a NPS Ranger. We organized in a
lightning and rain storm. We went out into the darkness with lights and
hope of finding some sign. Nancy and dog Shalla got a scent article.
Deputy Pace drove hither and yon with his spot light. Archie was using the
night vision goggles. After an hour and a half we went back to the road.
Archie left to go back to town and presto, the guy was on the road
just a quarter mile away. He didn’t remember the seizure or how much time
after it. When the rains came he hunkered down under a tree. Then he
walked out to the road. He had seen the ambulance’s red light go by.
The other complicating factor was that the girl gave the wrong
spelling to his last name, producing a report out of Texas that he was a
criminal. That made her story not match his rap sheet. None of us were to
big on the idea of going out in the dark (under those circumstances)
looking for a kook. In the end, when we ran the correct spelling thru, he
is an active cop altho on medical leave cuz of a wreck a while back.
Responders: Rex, Bego, TBerry, Nancy, Shalla, Margy, Cody, Duckie,
John, Jim Barb, Matt, Kris, Dan
Deputies: Shawn and a certain Mr. Pace
BLM: two guys from out of area
NPS: Jason Ramsdell
06-18 4-16-06 Female Rimrocked
Near the Petroglyphs near Hans’ house
She scrambled down some slickrock on her way back to the house
after looking at some petroglyphs. It got too steep to go down and she
couldn’t go back up. Her yelling for help aroused neighbors.
We responded with a rope and harness and lowered her 20 feet to the
ground. Subject, Mom and Dad were grateful.
Responders: Frank, Bego, Jim, Lee, Dave, Barbara, Margy, Steve,
Donna, 2 brown dogs
06-19 4-20-06 ATV Tipover
near Wipe Out Hill Merrimac Butte
A slow tipover to the left by an 81 year old guy out with his
family. 1 T 17 and 502 raced off into the wilderness, winding up in
between Monitor and Merrimac, not on the NW side of Merrimac. That got
straightened out and the gentleman was transported to the hospital.
On the way out, 1 T 17 took a wrong turn. After awhile, he went
back to square one and started out on a different road. Lee found him and
all was well.
Responders: Bego, Lee, Barbara
06-20 4-21-06 BaseJumper Hung Up on Cliff
Corral Canyon near Shinarump Mines (some call this Cotter Mines)
Eight days ago basejumpers rescued one of their own just 50 feet
left of where this guy got hung up. He is said to have hit the wall
several times and wound up dangling by his chute about 30 feet above the
talus.
Larry put in a ground anchor. Belayed by Kyler, TBerry (C921 or
1T819 or Dad) put on a rack of SLCD’s and led up thru the rotten blocks to
a space behind the pinnacle. He established an anchor there, climbed up a
bit more, put in another anchor and threw the rope down.
The jumper attached the carabiners to his harness and then cut the
chute loose. TBerry lowered him to the ground. Then he pulled the rope
back up, snagging the chute on the way and threw the chute down. He then
rappelled to the ground.
Louis was up on the rim with a 600 foot rope for plan B.
Responders: Rex, Bego, Margy, Aug, James, Jim, Lee, Barb
From NPS: TBerry, Kyler Carpenter, Larry Van Slyke
(they did all the work on this)
06-21 4-22-06 RimRocked Mtn
Biker West of SteelBender Hans Weibel leads the way !
This guy said he’d been coming to Ken’s Lake for 20 years and did
the Flat Pass Bike Trail maybe 3 times a year. Said he was 45 yrs old but
could keep up with the 30 yr olds. Then, we thot, what are you doing
here??
He had missed the turn down in to Mill Creek and kept going north
on Steelbender. When it turned east, he kept going norther on a dead end
road. Then took off west in the maze of fins and canyons. After thrashing
for "3 hours" he came to the Mill Creek Rim... and yelled for help.
We were wondering about quick access cuz it was very near sunset
when along came Hans Weibel. "Oh yes", he said, "there is a trail right up
to him, I’ll lead the way." OK we said.
Jason and Bego took off with Hans in fading light. Jason was
putting light sticks down and yellow ribbon (bread crumbs) on the complex
route in. We made contact with him right at dark. It would have been
"impossible" to find him in the dark without Hans’ help. Lee (not a union
job), Aug and Duckie were following with more rope and water.
Plan B was to ATV out the dead end dirt road and track him west.
Not.
Jason tied one rope to a big tree and rigged a lowering device. We
put the subject in a harness, parka and helmet with headlamp and lowered
him 160 feet to the ground.
Dr Patrick Sheerer and Matt McCune hiked up and retrieved the guy’s
bike Sunday. We didn’t find it in the dark.
Responders: Rex, Bego, Aug, Duckie, Lee, Margy, Paula, Nancy
Deputies: Shawn, Scott, Destin
Arches: Jason 224
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" Improvise, Adapt, Overcome. " Marine Corp motto via
Cody
" If you have a 44 coat and a 4 hat, it doesn’t matter.
" Lee
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06-22 4-24-06 Exxon-Mobile Mock
Disaster Scenario
On the old hiway into town from the Bar M Chuckwagon, (The company)
Exxon staged a mock rescue for 30 or so of its geologists to show them
what might happen if one of them gets hurt in the backcountry.
An employee was injured by falling 60 feet down the steep, loose
talus from the road. Their safety people scrambled down to her and
assessed the injuries and called 911. Zane to the rescue.
We responded with EMS. First, we lowered 2 EMTs down the hill. The
litter lowering system was set up and the raising system parts readied.
Down went the litter. The system was changed to raising, then we loaded
the patient into the litter. Up to the road with an awkward little ending
bit.
(The company) Exxon then held a debriefing with us there also. One
point brought up was "Why did all this take so long." So we talked about
the (mis)perception of time during an adrenaline pushed emergency, the
cardinal rule of Safety of the Rescuer First and the need to not become
part of a problem. We did note that some of them were standing on the edge
of the road directly above the scene when we got there. One falling rock
and we would have had a real rescue, we said.
(They) Exxon filmed the whole thing. Said they would send us a
copy. Steve Oliveri, safety and risk management professional world-wide,
wrote the book "Field Safety in Uncontrolled Environments."
They invited us all to dinner at Buck’s. Yummy. Thank you.
Responders: Rex, Bego, Lee, Steve, Aug, James, Barbara, John
EMTs: Jeff, Margy, Paula
NPS: Karen A222
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This will happen to Steve White, just wait a few years
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Yosemite National Park (CA) Conviction for Illegal Aircraft Landing
On July 1, 2005, two visitors set up a camp a few hundred feet back
from the edge of Mildred Lake, several miles south of the Tioga Pass road
near Tenaya Lake. At about 7 p.m., a helicopter flew in low and slowly
circled the lake, appearing to the visitors to be looking for anyone in
the area. It landed and the pilot and a young boy got out and began
fishing in the lake. The visitors were upset at this infringement of
wilderness and went toward the helicopter and took photographs that
identified the helicopter by its registration number. When the pilot saw
them, he ran back to the helicopter and quickly took off. Several days
later, the visitors reported the incident to rangers when they came out of
the backcountry. An investigation was opened by special agents. They
identified the pilot and attempted to interview him at the aircraft sales
business he owns in the San Diego area. He refused to answer questions but
did not deny that he was the owner of the helicopter and the person
sitting at the controls in the visitor's photos. The agents were also able
to photograph the helicopter parked in the company's hanger. He was later
charged in magistrate's court and pled guilty to a violation of air
delivery regulations under the terms of a plea agreement on March 14th. He
was sentenced to serve one year's court probation, to pay a $2,000 fine,
and to perform two days of unpaid community service flight time with his
aircraft. [Submitted by Dan Horner, Special Agent]
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06-23 4-29-06 Biker Over
Handlebars Porcupine Rim
A cell phone call from a passing biker. This guy went over his
handlebars when the head piece of his bike broke. Well, he had broken it
before and welded it back together himself. "I guess I asked for that,"
said he. He suffered the full face plant, contusions, black eye, possibly
knocked out for a second.
The long and bumpy road out in the
Ranger..............................
Responders: Rex, Bego, Steve, Jon, Duckie, Lee, Cody, Frank
Guest staring Mr. Brent Pace 1 T 13
EMTs: Mark, Matt