Sunday, November 22, 2009
Picket Penn Rd SAR
10-25-09 EDSO was notified at 700pm that a 40 yr old man and his 14 yr old son were stranded in the dark, unable to get around vegetation. The man had a working cell phone and a automobile GPS. He was able to provide their GPS coordinates but could not provide the location of this car. Sgt Morton sent in a team to find the pair and walk them out.
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The subjects had begun hiking from the end of Picket Pen Rd hoping to make it to the top of Slick Rock. After reaching the top, they were able to capture the pictures needed for the son's yearbook class, and they attempted to return to the vehicle. After losing the trail, the father contacted his spouse and informed her of the situation. The wife then reported the two missing to EDSO and Sgt. Morton responded to the vehicle.
The subjects were able to communicate with SAR teams via cell phone. We attempted to judge our distance from them by turning on Rescue 3's siren - we later found that we could actually see the red/blue lightbar from the end of the ridge that was above their location.
After leaving the Command Post, it took approximately 25-30 minutes to locate the lost pair. The two had started a small fire to keep warm and had a decent supply of gear. Aside from mild hypothermia, the two had not eaten in about eight hours or so.
Our return to the command post took quite a bit longer than expected. We were unable to follow the same trail we had used going in, and we followed close to Big Silver Creek, the watercourse that crossed Picket Pen Road.
Everybody returned to the Command Post safely and we wrapped up this great SAR. Kudos to all who were there - amazing job to all of you...
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