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2 Lost Hikers Found by Rescue Team in the Big Sur Back Country
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Posted on 02/06/2023 5:22:48 PM PST by nickcarraway

Monterey County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team members and a California State Park ranger located two lost hikers in the backcountry of Big Sur.

The sheriff's department says the two-day hikers became lost when they crossed multiple creeks and rivers as darkness set in.

Neither hiker had a flashlight and was using their cell phone lights to see the trail.

During their hike, one of their phone's died and the other had low power.

The sheriff's department said they reached a spot with some cell service and were able to call for help.

Their location was confirmed, and they were told to stay in place and seek shelter from the weather in nearby trees.

The hikers were soaked from the river crossings and continued to get doused from the rain.

Rescue crews took extra flashlights and clothing and located the hikers and guided them out of the backcountry.

The hikers were freezing and soaked due to the rain but stated they did not want medical attention.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: bigsur; california; hiking; monterey; montereycounty
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To: nickcarraway

What if they had a compass and walked due west?

They would have found Highway 1 or a deep body of water....


21 posted on 02/06/2023 6:15:31 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: nickcarraway

Just pathetic.

Unprepared.

I hope they did not procreate to pass on some obviously bad genetics.


22 posted on 02/06/2023 6:18:00 PM PST by Fury
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Re: 111 - And carry a PLB. Those things are rugged and work.


23 posted on 02/06/2023 6:20:47 PM PST by Fury
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Well, for multi-day outings such as deer hunting, I do take a cell phone, but it stays in camp. It’s just for a daily check-in. For day hikes or bird hunting I leave the thing home. My wife knows the general area I’m in if I don’t get home by dark.

I haven’t done any longer backpacking trips in quite a while now. Maybe these days I’d take the phone if I were traveling alone, or maybe not.


24 posted on 02/06/2023 6:25:51 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: nickcarraway

It doesn’t take a lot to be considered a hiker but I don’t think these two qualify for the appellation.


25 posted on 02/06/2023 6:28:36 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: nickcarraway
British actor Julian Sands is still missing after three weeks when he failed to return from a hike in the Mount Baldy region of the San Gabriel mountains.

Julian Sands: 'Intermittent' aerial searches to continue after bad weather hampered earlier efforts

26 posted on 02/06/2023 6:29:33 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: nickcarraway

Their location was confirmed, and they were told to stay in place
= = =

#1 Instruction from parents, back then.

If you are lost, stand STILL.


27 posted on 02/06/2023 6:33:45 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: hinckley buzzard

What is this map and compass you speak of?
Sounds like witchcraft


28 posted on 02/06/2023 6:39:14 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Fury
My better half is starting to push for me to carry one.

Thinks I am going to go out there and break a leg. Have to admit, the chances are not as remote as they used to be.

I don't do many lone rambles anymore. Maybe a couple times a year when I really need to clear my head.

29 posted on 02/06/2023 6:43:41 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: rfreedom4u

Carry a big external battery pack.

I have two with 8 cells each.

ABC [Always be charging]


30 posted on 02/06/2023 7:18:19 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I generally hike the dog daily in the local NF.

We usually hike where there is cell signal [5G is NOT gonna help me in the currently dark stretches] so I can listen to talk radio as we move along [plenty to see there].


31 posted on 02/06/2023 7:22:52 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: riverrunner

And some animals like bears are hibernating and do not bother you!


32 posted on 02/06/2023 7:29:32 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: Vendome

The setting sun back to the rising moon/sun. Find the North Star and keep it on your right. Know the direction of.the prevailing winds.

There are lots of ways to find West.


33 posted on 02/06/2023 7:33:56 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: rfreedom4u

I do have some topo maps downloaded for some States [Mont., Colo.], but could use more.


34 posted on 02/06/2023 7:35:02 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: rfreedom4u

If there is a local Orienteering Club in your vicinity, spending a number of afternoons running around on their courses is good training for going off on your own.


35 posted on 02/06/2023 7:42:35 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: rfreedom4u

I think my downloaded maps are for my older Garmin unit [which I do carry when going off well known paths].

I carry extra batteries for it too.

A day pack can get heavy in this electronic age.


36 posted on 02/06/2023 7:58:19 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“River” is probably overstating it. There’s a little creek in the bottom of most ravines in that kind of terrain.


37 posted on 02/06/2023 9:10:52 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You cain’t cure stupid”


38 posted on 02/07/2023 7:07:50 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
...the two-day hikers became lost when they crossed multiple creeks and rivers as darkness set in. Neither hiker had a flashlight and [they were] using their cell phone lights to see the trail.
The settlement of the west wasn't like this.

39 posted on 02/07/2023 8:09:09 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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