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Full Moons: July 30, Aug 28, Sep 26, Oct 26
07- 63 7- 1- 07 Agency Assist
Arches NP Search
This search began the previous day when a person became
separated from the rest of his party in the Devils Garden area. This
scenario seems to be repeated quite regularly in Arches.
Search Dog Shalla was paged out this evening. She
brought Nancy and Margy with her.
At 0530 hrs in the morning, GCSAR was paged to go out
to the northeast of the park which is our usual assignment.
ATV riders searched the dirt roads in Long Valley for
sign.
Fresh tracks were found that matched the description.
Shortly later the subject was located by Lee.
Responders: Rex, Nancy, Margy, John, Lee, Mike, Jon, Steve
07- 64 7- 10- 07 Recovery
Colorado River Westwater
This person was last seen floating past the Westwater
Ranger Station in an inner tube with a paddle and an iPod on Friday, 7- 6-
07.
Passing raft parties found him floating in an eddy
below the rapids on 7- 10- 07. We recovered the body.
Responders: Frank, Bego, Lee, Jon, Steve, Aug
07- 65 7- 13- 07 Dehydrated with some
other Stuff? Left Hand, Mill Creek
An odd medical thing is going on with this young man.
He was suffering a few days ago also.
We had to wheel him out of the canyon. The doctor is
quite puzzled.
It was HOT. He was part of an Outward Bound course and
all the teens helped a lot.
Responders: Bego, Melissa, Barbara, Steve, Lee, Jim, Mike, Margy, Aug
07- 66 7- 14- 07 Search with Dog
Mesa County, CO
Shalla searched near Grand Junction ................
Responders: Shalla, Nancy
07- 67 7- 21- 07 Unresponsive Male
across the River Colorado River
From the report: "Responded to location. Prepared to
bring GCSAR rescue boat from town. Asked some passing kyakers to check on
subject.
He was 10-56 so we were 10-22d. Kyakers helped subject
to left side of river (where the road is)."
Responders: Frank, Melissa, Lee, Mike, Duckie
07- 68 7- 27- 07 Overdue Hiker
Mill Creek
A 17 year old Boy Scout got lost. His buddies said he
stopped to pee and became separated from his group. While some went looking,
a leader came to the parking lot and called for GCSAR.
Archie 1 T 4 interviewed, paged SAR. 15 minutes later
the lad was found by his own people.
Responders: Bego, Aug, Margy, Nancy
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FY 2007 Utah Search and Rescue Fund Payouts
| County |
# Searches |
# Subjects |
Volunteer Hours |
$ Searches |
$ Training |
Approved Equipment |
Total $ |
| Grand |
97 |
129 |
1822 |
513 |
6081 |
16242 |
22837 |
| San Juan |
3 |
10 |
73 |
286 |
0 |
0 |
286 |
| Emery |
9 |
10 |
237 |
10033 |
64 |
2137 |
12235 |
| Carbon |
8 |
15 |
5163 |
15070 |
12220 |
12019 |
39310 |
| Iron |
12 |
10 |
412 |
0 |
0 |
8747 |
8747 |
| Washington |
14 |
14 |
732 |
4366 |
378 |
6965 |
11711 |
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Totals- |
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| 21 of 29 Counties |
478 |
982 |
34368 |
83431 |
55866 |
213041 |
351339 |
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07- 69 7- 28- 07 Dehydrated Bikers
Gold Bar
A group of LDS Boy Scouts from Logan went bike riding
down the Gemini Trail on a hot summer afternoon. They got to the bottom of
the "steep hill" and kept going down the wash. No one saw the sign pointing
left toward the hiway.
So now they were going UP Gold Bar Rim trail. They got
to the rim, looked down on the hiway and decided that wasn’t right. They
decided not to go south on the Golden Spike trail. So they started back
down. For some reason (??) they did not go back down the jeep trail but went
off north and stumbled upon the "Blue Route." This is a very technical mtn
bike single track, much harder than the jeep route.
Some of the boys just gave up and sat under a tree. The
group prayed for strength to get out. Strength was given to 6 who made their
way back to the parking lot. They were going to rehydrate in a few minutes
and take water back up to the rest of the group.
They decided that wasn’t a good idea cuz they didn’t
know where "back " was. So they summoned help.
Louis 1 T 7 interviewed these guys, paged SAR and
started driving up to Gold Bar. The 4WD ambulance started up also based on
reports that several boys might be in bad shape. By the time GCSAR got to
the parking lot, Louis had found the missing party who were making their way
out. The evening had cooled them off enuff they had gotten up and started
out.
We sent in our pick up truck and the lads were
transported out by vehicle.
Responders: Bego, Steve, Aug, Lee
07- 70 8- 5- 07 Biker Down
SRBT
Reported as a bike wreck with a head injury and loss of
consciousness just a quarter mile in on the trail.
We prepared to respond and were 10-22d.
Responders: Frank, John, Lee, Mike, James
07- 71 8- 23- 07 Lost / Overdue Drill
Rig Worker Hay Canyon Book Cliffs
This guy had been out all night with a flat tire
and walked into his office next morning. Just as we were pulling out of Moab
to go look for him.
Responders: Frank, B ego, Lee, Barbara, Aug, James, Rex, Margy
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"Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in
a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in
the ice of its own indifference." - FDR "
Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The
Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good
intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean
to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
-Daniel Webster
Quotes about power, from the powerful, here's one from Lincoln, on "the
family of the lion, the tribe of the eagle," the last part of which
resonates today:
"An Alexander, a Caesar, or a Napoleon...disdains a
beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. It sees no distinction in
adding story to story upon the monuments of fame erected to the memory of
others.... It thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will
have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves, or enslaving
freemen." (From his address to the Young Men's
Lyceum, Springfield, IL, 1838)
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Yosemite National Park (CA)
Body Of Missing Woman Found
The search for a missing woman ended on Tuesday, August 14th, when her body
was located in the Echo Creek drainage, a rugged wilderness area southwest
of Tuolumne Meadows. Ottorina Bonaventura, 80, was reported missing by
friends when she failed to return to the Vogelsang High Sierra Camp after a
day-hike on July 30th. Over 150 searchers from the National Park Service,
counties throughout California, and DNC Parks and Resorts in Yosemite, Inc.,
participated in the search effort. Dog teams and helicopters were used as
well. The cause of death is still under investigation.
Zion National Park (UT)
Injured Canyoneer Rescued In Highly Technical SAR
Canyoneer Jim Turner, 47, of Salt Lake City, sustained serious injuries when
he fell about 40 feet while completing the last, 100-foot rappel on the
popular Pine Creek route on Monday, August 13th. Turner’s brother
rappelled down to him, determined that he was too injured to make it out on
his own, and hiked out to report the incident, making contact with rangers
just before 8 p.m. While a team was assembled to undertake the lengthy and
highly technical 400-foot raising required to extricate Turner from the
canyon, ranger/paramedic Rob Wissinger hiked to Turner’s location and
determined that he was stable enough to survive the night with additional
treatment and supplies. A second medic and other rangers hiked to Pine Creek
and spent the night with Turner. Rescue plans were modified to assure that a
safer, daytime rescue could be completed the following morning. The SAR team
employed a Norwegian reeve highline to lower the litter and raise Turner and
his attendant. He was lifted 400 feet to a window in the side of the Mount
Carmel Tunnel, pulled through the window, then taken by park ambulance to
Dixie Regional Medical Center, where he was found to be suffering from a
fractured back, a bruised lung, and strained pelvic ligaments. The
extrication was completed around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. Plateau
district ranger Ray O’Neil was the operations chief.
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07- 72 8- 23- 07 Lost
Jeeper Monitor and Merrimac Buttes
This guy cell phoned that he couldn’t find his way out
to the Highway. Archie 1 T 4 drove up the paved road to a point where he
could see the jeep’s headlights. More conversation.
GCSAR was paged to go get him. So, with ATV and
motorcycle, we did.
Responders: Bego, Matt,, John motorcycle, Bill 1 T 21
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Paraphrased from a PhD at NOAA in Boulder, CO, He is a
climatic modeler, atmospheric physicist, etc. His contention is that the
drought we are in, and the climate we can expect over the next 10-20 years,
is/will be driven by higher temperatures, NOT lower precipitation. Because
of increased evaporation and sublimation, even minor increases in
temperature can significantly reduce runoff, and affect timing and size of
peak flows.
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