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Missing woman
By John Dew
During the mid
morning fellow RMRU member Walt Walker contacted
me for a search below Tahquitz Rock.
This was our
monthly training weekend and the majority of our
members were somewhere in Deep Canyon. This only
left a few of us immediately available for the
search.
At Humber Park
I met Mary Bowman closely followed by Walt. Walt
told us that John Muratet was enroute to the Big
Horn overlook to contact the rest of the team in
the canyon to respond ASAP to Idyllwild. Quickly
Walt, Jim Garvey, Roy (my son) and I were in the
field heading to the base of the rock where Mary
Villalobes was last seen the day before. It seems
that she had been watching companions climb on
Tahquitz Rock. When they finished their climb and
hiked back down and around the rock, Mary was not
there. They spent most of the night looking for
her, and at first light came out and called for
help. We had just reached the base of the rock
and started looking when Mary was seen at a
coffee shop in Idyllwild. With that news we
headed back to base, and then home.
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