Posted on 12/15/2006 6:08:54 AM PST by surfer
Deputies call off search for missing hiker, 56 From Times Staff Reports December 12, 2006
The search for a 56-year-old man missing for nearly a week has been called off, authorities said Monday.
David Boone, a father of four and a golf club designer whose clients include pros Ernie Els and Fred Couples, is believed to have gone hiking in the foothills near his home, an area known for freezing nightly temperatures and a mountain lion population, said Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.
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A volunteer search is being organized today!!! If anyone is in the area and can help out here is the information:
630. Friday morning.
Walmart parking lot.
26502 Town Centre Drive.
Foothill Ranch, CA. 92610.
We will be walking thru bushes and fields.
Anyone else you can bring will be helpful.
Thank you.
It does not sound good. Mountain lions? I shudder to think..........
If he was any relation to Daniel Boone they wouldn't have to send out a search party...
Pat Boone is, and I don't think he would try going up against a mountain lion at 56...........
I feel bad for them, but who in the hell goes hiking on a mountain in the middle of December?
I know, I was there last August and there was a lot of Snow up there.
"I feel bad for them, but who in the hell goes hiking on a mountain in the middle of December?"
Me.
Sounds a little early to call off a search, unless they have a large team of volunteers ready to step in. That being said, if he is an amateur hiker without adequate gear and no knowledge of survival skills, he is probably gone. But I know many who could survive for a week. Also, mountain lions do attack people, but come on if he is still moving about the odds of a mountain lion getting him are extremely low.
Interesting paper on SAR cost recovery.
Go to: http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pdfs/MRstudy.pdf
All of these people that you read about in the news going mountain climbing , etc and then having massive searchs for them makes you wonder about the tax payer costs?
Should there be some fees charged or proof of insurance before someone goes on such a trek up a mountain on government lands?
Thanks KeyLargo...here is another link regarding the issue:
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/searches-revive-debate-who-pays/20061215092409990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
That was a joke, I hope.
I am. My son's middle name is Boone.
That is pretty cool!
And we've camped out with the Boy Scouts at the Daniel Boone Homestead in PA.
We didn't have to 'rough it' like the pioneers did though!
Yes, SAR costs is an issue that deserves some debate.
Pat Boone has a place in PA too! I didn't realize they were related. hmm
Going hiking in the middle of December on Mt. Hood strikes me as a rather odd way of spending a winter weekend.
While it may very well be enjoyable, it certainly is not without considerable risk.
This post isn't about Mt Hood...please read the article this is a father of 4 who went for a day hike (like he did almost everyday) in Orange Country CA.
Or he stumbled across a drug deal.
Well, if it was, the kids who were there with snowboards were in on it.
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