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Overdue Climbers
By
Kevin Walker
As
members were gathering at Humber Park on Friday
evening for training in the high country, the
Idyllwild deputy made contact with our members in
regards to a couple that were overdue in
returning to the roadhead from a climb on
Tahquitz Rock. Steve Bryant gathered information
and had the Sheriff contact me at Arrow Printing
as my dad and I were finishing a job that had to
be ready for the following day. Also helping us
were Glenn Henderson and Mel Krug so that I would
e able to go on training the following morning.
As I started the call out procedure for more
members, Steve assigned Henry Negrete and Ray
Hussey to hike up to the base of the rock and try
to make voice contact with the overdue couple.
With radio 66 in Henrys pack, they ascended
the steep climbers path to Lunch Rock. From
there they started calling out "Hello"
as they moved around towards the northern side of
the rock. With no response they started back
towards Lunch Rock and were going to go around to
the south side and continue calling. But
apparently the couple got back to Lunch Rock
before Henry and Ray did, as the group in base
could hear them coming down the trail to Humber.
Ray and Henry were recalled to base and once back
training plans could be re-instated.
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