Posted on 12/05/2006 9:18:33 AM PST by george76
Searchers intensified their efforts Tuesday to find a San Francisco man missing for more than a week in a rugged, remote area of the snow-covered Oregon Coast Range as his wife and two young children, rescued just the day before, recovered in a hospital.
Trained dogs, horse patrols and a helicopter with heat-sensitive sensors were sent to join other helicopters, snowmobiles and foot patrols Tuesday for 35-year-old James Kim.
Trackers had followed his footprints until dark Monday night.
"They determined that he went over the side of the road into the Big Windy Creek drainage area and that's when the two deputies from Jackson County went over the edge and they are tracking his footprints right now," ...Tuesday morning.
"There are some cliffs they may have to go down to get down to the creek.
And there's still snow and ice, cold temperature, but they've been out all night and they plan to be out all day. And their hope is to find him today," ...
Kim...had left his wife and two young children in their frozen, snowbound car and set off into the wilderness to seek help, wearing only tennis shoes, a sweater and a jacket.
State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings said Kati Kim told a detective the family intended to take Oregon 42, the usual route from Interstate 5 to the south Oregon coast, but they missed the turnoff, found Bear Camp Road on the map and decided to take it instead of turning back.
Their car was 15 miles from Bear Camp Road when found.
The complicated network of roads in the area is commonly used by whitewater rafters on the Rogue River or as shortcuts to Gold Beach in the summer, but the roads are not plowed in winter and can be impassable.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedenverchannel.com ...
In most areas, breaking down on the road is a minor inconvenience -- or a major one at worst. Breaking down or getting lost in rugged terrain and/or in places where it can be -30 in the winter time is lethal.
How do you burn tires?
Thanks.
The sheriff just had a press conference. Some of the details :
They have sent rafts down the river looking.
Searchers spent the night when they ran into a hundred foot cliff.
Other searchers have come out wet and cold.
They are planning on 12 hour shifts of searchers.
The family has hired three private helicopters in addition to one government one.
Excellent list of ideas.
Thanks.
I think they used them for heat at night, and if so, not a good time for signaling to be spotted.
Still praying.
???
How can THIS be when they TURNED onto BCR???
Thjey just said on the lastest press conf that they were not able to usee the horses or dogs due to the terrain.
And that they have tracked him to the Rouge River.
I think the roads are very poorly marked and maintained up there. I've heard that the side roads look no worse than the main road ... many are just gravel and many are dead ends ... mostly used by loggers in the summer months.
Uh.... call a cab! ;^)
First... you start a small fire....
How do you know? ;)
Apparently he left the logging road for the creek and that this creek is too steep for horses ( hundred foot cliffs, etc ).
The sheriff also said that they were bringing a special team in from Eugene who is equiped for cold water searches...sounds bad.
He also said that a specialized 'man' searcher was in route from Bend...
Do they think he fell in the water?
I understand you have to douse them with gasoline.
I wonder what his state of mind was like.
Only five miles from the car tells me that he didn't make it far.
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