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Three men under-estimated hike
By Mel Krug
The call came
very early in the morning to meet at first light
to search for three men overdue on the PCT. The
three started from Snowcreek the day before and
were supposed to have gone up the Pacific Crest
Trail and over the top to the Tram and down the
Tram by the same afternoon. Sounds pretty
unlikely to me , even for people familiar with
the mountain and in good shape.
It seemed
likely we would search by air for a while on this
one so I figured if I got there early maybe I'd
get to fly. Sure enough, Ray Hussey and I went up
with Mike Donovan from Landells Aviation and
searched the PCT up until we hit the road heading
toward Twin Pines Boys Ranch and picked up their
tracks. While we were searching by air and
occasionally landing to check prints we got the
call that they had indeed walked out to Twin
Pines.
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