The wives waited at the trailhead during the afternoon. They waited as the sun set and continued waiting until about midnight when they decided to drive down and call for help. RMRU's pagers went of in the early hours of Monday morning and we were at the trailhead well before sunrise. The weather was good throughout the weekend but now a frontal system started to let out a light rain at the trailhead.

Fortunately, the two men did something we wish all people would do before hiking. The left a map that was marked with their intended route with their wives. After looking at the map, we determined that it would take much more than two days to travel due to the extreme nature of the off trail hiking. We also knew that, if they were still on their intended route, we would find them somewhere in the middle. The plan was to have San Bernardino County search and rescue teams start from San Gorgonio and head south, following their intended route and we would do the same, heading north from our end.

In the afternoon, the weather cleared in the Whitewater Canyon area and San Bernardino Sheriff's helicopters began searching from the air. They soon spotted the missing hikers only a few hundred yards away from one of our search teams. They were still on their intended route and were headed directly for the search team. They were also about two hours from the nearest road so the helicopters ferried the hikers and rescue team members to the road. The two men were then driven to their wives who reportedly let out screams of happiness.