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.
What if they had a compass and walked due west?
They would have found Highway 1 or a deep body of water....
Just pathetic.
Unprepared.
I hope they did not procreate to pass on some obviously bad genetics.
Re: 111 - And carry a PLB. Those things are rugged and work.
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.
It doesn’t take a lot to be considered a hiker but I don’t think these two qualify for the appellation.
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Their location was confirmed, and they were told to stay in place
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#1 Instruction from parents, back then.
If you are lost, stand STILL.
What is this map and compass you speak of?
Sounds like witchcraft
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.
Carry a big external battery pack.
I have two with 8 cells each.
ABC [Always be charging]
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].
And some animals like bears are hibernating and do not bother you!
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.
I do have some topo maps downloaded for some States [Mont., Colo.], but could use more.
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.
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.
“River” is probably overstating it. There’s a little creek in the bottom of most ravines in that kind of terrain.
You cain’t cure stupid”
...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.
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