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"Volunteer searchers had spent five hours looking for the students Sunday night, but found no trace of them."

The Park's website says: "Always plan your trip well enough in advance to be prepared for whatever you might encounter and learn to be a 'no-trace' hiker."

They were apparently doing the latter part right.

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The Park's website says: "Always plan your trip well enough in advance to be prepared for whatever you might encounter and learn to be a 'no-trace' hiker."

Guess they were doing just what they were ordered to do. That must mean the Park Service cannot bill them for the search....