Assist in Yosemite
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May 3, 1987 |
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By Kevin Walker
After having completed a most memorable training,
that being the team ascent of the Lost Arrow
Spire in Yosemite National Park, Several members
remained in the park with their families to just
be tourists for a few days to enjoy all that
Yosemite has to offer. Rescue members will be
rescue members and sure enough we ended up at
what is called the Rescue Cache. That is the
headquarters of Yosemite Search and Rescue or
YOSAR as known by rescue personnel. In charge is
ranger John Dill, now famous his innovative
thinking towards Search and Rescue. Ranger Tom
Patterson had also stayed behind with us and was
in the middle of giving us a tour of the cache
when we heard a call come over the radio stating
that two men were stranded next to Bridalveil
Falls. Well, here was our chance to respond
directly with YOSAR personnel.
To keep the story short, fellow members Joe
Erickson, Bob Wintz, Walt Walker, Henry Negrete,
Ron Pierson, Jim Fairchild and myself responded
and were on hand to assist. John Dill's personnel
handled the technical, and once down we helped
the two hikers back to the parking lot and
waiting ranger with his citation book, or was
that just a log sheet. At any rate we did help,
and for that a mission number was given.