EDSO and Cal Fire(Georgetown Fire) received a 911 call late in afternoon on 6-23-08 about a young man who had traveled from the parking area/trailhead to University Falls. Subsequent hikers told the RP he went under and did not come back up.
Initial response was EDSO patrol and Cal Fire and H20. X90 (Sgt BernieMorton) was apparent IC on scene , with Deputy James Morgan managing communications and logistics. The dive team was called. At 700pm a callout for EDSAR Swiftwater was made. Members from that team and other teams responded.
This is an area off of Wentworth Springs Road in the Georgetown divide.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Otter Creek SAR
Paul Duer said:
Deputy Jamey Morgan and eight of us from SAR responded to the Otter Creek area near Little Bald Mountain Saturday night and Sunday morning (6/21 and 6/22) on an AOA call for Georgetown Fire (Assist Other Agency).
We were there to support a medical response for a woman who had broken her leg while rock-hopping along the bottom of Otter Creek. Because of the terrain it would have been difficult to impossible to carry the woman out, so Georgetown firefighters elected to wait with the woman and her companion until daylight when a CHP helicopter could hoist her out. Georgetown Fire asked EDSO for assistance in getting food, water, and other supplies to a total of six people at the bottom of the canyon. Jamey was able to contact eight of us including four people from BSA Troop 1065. We took both rescue vehicles.
After a rendezvouz at the Georgetown Fire Department for supplies we convoyed to a remote area near Little Bald Mountain. From there six of us hiked approximately one mile and 1000 vertical feet down to the scene. The trail, which firefighters called a "goat path," was steep, narrow and obstructed in spots. It was also the habitat of a skunk which was as alarmed as we were, though the situation was resolved peacefully. We started down at approximately 0145, reached the injured subject about 0215 and returned to the vehicles again about 0345.
The mission was complicated by a wildland fire nearby, the Otter Fire. At times we could see a bit of open flame above us across the canyon. Though we were constantly vigilant the spots we saw were small, not very active, and not at all threatening. Winds were calm.
We later heard over the radio that CHP helicopter H20 arrived about 0600 and successfully long-lined the woman out.
Paul
P.S. For the record, our starting point was N38* 57.383' W120* 49.336' (WGS84). The injured woman and the firefighters were alongside Otter Creek where it crosses elevation 1300. Door to door, this mission lasted from about 2130 Saturday night to 0700 Sunday morning.
Deputy Jamey Morgan and eight of us from SAR responded to the Otter Creek area near Little Bald Mountain Saturday night and Sunday morning (6/21 and 6/22) on an AOA call for Georgetown Fire (Assist Other Agency).
We were there to support a medical response for a woman who had broken her leg while rock-hopping along the bottom of Otter Creek. Because of the terrain it would have been difficult to impossible to carry the woman out, so Georgetown firefighters elected to wait with the woman and her companion until daylight when a CHP helicopter could hoist her out. Georgetown Fire asked EDSO for assistance in getting food, water, and other supplies to a total of six people at the bottom of the canyon. Jamey was able to contact eight of us including four people from BSA Troop 1065. We took both rescue vehicles.
After a rendezvouz at the Georgetown Fire Department for supplies we convoyed to a remote area near Little Bald Mountain. From there six of us hiked approximately one mile and 1000 vertical feet down to the scene. The trail, which firefighters called a "goat path," was steep, narrow and obstructed in spots. It was also the habitat of a skunk which was as alarmed as we were, though the situation was resolved peacefully. We started down at approximately 0145, reached the injured subject about 0215 and returned to the vehicles again about 0345.
The mission was complicated by a wildland fire nearby, the Otter Fire. At times we could see a bit of open flame above us across the canyon. Though we were constantly vigilant the spots we saw were small, not very active, and not at all threatening. Winds were calm.
We later heard over the radio that CHP helicopter H20 arrived about 0600 and successfully long-lined the woman out.
Paul
P.S. For the record, our starting point was N38* 57.383' W120* 49.336' (WGS84). The injured woman and the firefighters were alongside Otter Creek where it crosses elevation 1300. Door to door, this mission lasted from about 2130 Saturday night to 0700 Sunday morning.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Eagle Falls/Lake SAR
The red ring shows the coordinates recorded by Paul Duer of PLS (campsite), a bit north of the KCRA report
Missing Hikers Desolation Wilderness
KCRA.com
Second Camper Found Dead Near Eagle Lake
Fellow Camper Also Found Dead Of Natural Causes At Campsite
POSTED: 4:09 pm PDT June 7, 2008
UPDATED: 4:23 pm PDT June 7, 2008
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- A 78-year-old camper was found dead in the Sierra Nevada on Saturday, a day after a fellow camper was also found dead at their campsite.The body of Jerome Smith was spotted at about noon near the steep shores of Eagle Lake.The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said it appears that Smith might have fallen trying to hike out and get help for his friend, 70-year-old Thomas Anthony Hylton.Hylton was found dead of natural causes Friday at a campsite in the Desolation Wilderness, about a mile south of Eagle Lake and just west of Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay.The two men from Lincoln were reported overdue Thursday from a trip along the crest of the Sierra Nevada. The 63,690-acre wilderness area -- accessible only by foot -- is marked by rocky, barren terrain and extensive areas of bare granite. Temperatures in the area dipped into the 30s overnight this week.Crews searched Friday and Saturday for Smith, who left his back pack at the campsite.
