bad news, bad news, good news.
Been in the high uintas with a herd of boy scouts. We were working on a 50 miler award (which the boys will earn) Same dang thing that happened in Africa hit me again so I came out today with another adult that had to come out for work related.
We had plenty of very good outdoorsy adults along so no problem except for me. I left my SPOT with good backpacking friend and neighbor Matt. At 4:15 pm, the Duchesne County sheriff called grandma. The 911 button on my Spot had been activated. After a couple of quick questions a life flight helicopter was dispatched. At 6:00 pm, I called home to find all this out, got grandma calmed down knowing it wasn't me and called in to the Sheriff dispatch. By 6:30, dispatch called me back. The victim was friend Matt himself with a badly twisted knee, and enroute to a major hospital. They pushed that button just before 4:00 pm. In just 2 1/2 hours from activation, Matt was extracted from deep in the high country of a very remote wilderness. Thank you SPOT, Thank you Duchesne County Sheriffs department, and to our own Sheriffs department that stayed in contact with all of us as well.
Been in the high uintas with a herd of boy scouts. We were working on a 50 miler award (which the boys will earn) Same dang thing that happened in Africa hit me again so I came out today with another adult that had to come out for work related.
We had plenty of very good outdoorsy adults along so no problem except for me. I left my SPOT with good backpacking friend and neighbor Matt. At 4:15 pm, the Duchesne County sheriff called grandma. The 911 button on my Spot had been activated. After a couple of quick questions a life flight helicopter was dispatched. At 6:00 pm, I called home to find all this out, got grandma calmed down knowing it wasn't me and called in to the Sheriff dispatch. By 6:30, dispatch called me back. The victim was friend Matt himself with a badly twisted knee, and enroute to a major hospital. They pushed that button just before 4:00 pm. In just 2 1/2 hours from activation, Matt was extracted from deep in the high country of a very remote wilderness. Thank you SPOT, Thank you Duchesne County Sheriffs department, and to our own Sheriffs department that stayed in contact with all of us as well.