"car at the trailhead" -- funny how that was omitted from the story, isn't it? That's usually how search & rescue starts out.
“I figured, ‘Let’s take that road and see where it leads.’” It was 10 miles up a pretty steep road, but I got to the trailhead.” So he was in unfamiliar territory, to boot.
32 posted on 07/22/2021 8:55:30 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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