Overdue Boy Scout on day hike
Sometimes
RMRU gets very busy, such was the case on June 23rd.
While
RMRU was already fielding search teams to look
for one lost camper on Black Mountain in the San
Jacinto Wilderness (see mission 1991-017). RMRU
operations base was approached by one very
concerned Boy Scout Master. It was reported to us
by the Scout Master that he and his troop had
been hiking from Palm Springs Tramway in route to
Boulder Basin Campground. Along the way, they had
stopped for a brief break on the trail, when he
checked to make sure everyone was accounted for,
he discovered that one Scout was missing.
He
informed us that he and his troop back tracked
for a while and yelled for the Scout to respond,
but to no avail. They decided to hike to the
campground and request help to locate the missing
Scouter.
To
there good fortune, when they arrived, they found
Riverside Countys Finest Mountain Search
and Rescue Team already at task in the very same
campground.
Fortunately,
RMRU maintains a large enough membership to be
able to coordinate simultaneous missions, and out
operations base dispatched the first available
team to start working the route of the Scout
Troop.
Within
hours, the Scout was located back on the trail, a
bit scared, but no worse for the ware. He
explained that he had jumped off the trail to
short cut his trip to the campground and quickly
got lost. After wandering around for awhile, he
came back to the trail and decided hed
better not leave it again. That was probably the
best decision he made that day, it may have been
the decision that saved his life.
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