This happens more than one would expect. This is the first time I have seen a happy ending to one of these stories.
Still trying to figure out what service road they took. I’ve been all over there when I was younger in a rwd, and know just about all off them. GPS would not have taken them off on one of them, they are all dirt roads, not even gravel for the most part, and not really marked other than a turnout on 67. Some of them are like fire roads, with grass growing over any tire tracks. I know the gate that was closed and just before the gate there is a fire road to the right that is touch even with a good 4WD. It’s tricky to take that one to find a way to the truck trail that leads to the Rim from there. It’s not marked