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Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:10 pm
by SEKI Public Affairs
Thank you for helping us get the word out, everyone. Most appreciated!

And, thank you to the person who cross-posted the ABC30 story. Yes, Gregg Hein has been found!

For additional details, visit Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks' news releases page at:

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Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:17 pm
by KathyW
Great news!

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:03 am
by Shawn
Outstanding work by the SAR teams.

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:46 am
by maverick
Great news. =D>

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:32 am
by giantbrookie
Yes this is great news and another great job by the SAR folks.

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 9:56 am
by Jimr
I wonder just what type of details his family had regarding his plans other than trailhead and planned destination.

I'm appreciating the reconn form even more now.

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:10 am
by texan
Awesome news :D

Texan

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:41 am
by giantbrookie
Jimr wrote:I wonder just what type of details his family had regarding his plans other than trailhead and planned destination.

I'm appreciating the reconn form even more now.
A story just ran on this in the Fresno Bee. Apparently they had little to go on other than the objective (Mt Goddard), the duration of the trip, and the trailhead. For that reason the initial search area was very broad, but the early (in the search) check of the Goddard summit register and finding of his signature surely narrowed things quite a bit. If I read the story correctly, he was descending Goddard after summiting, then had a foothold give way or talus shift on him and, during the fall, a large rock hit and broke his leg (compound fracture). According to his account, the resultant rockfall was a really large one with a lot of stuff coming down and he ended up sliding down snow for some distance, apparently as a part of an effort to escape the barrage. He then crawled to the shore of Davis Lake. The description, and his ending up at Davis Lake, suggests he was descending the standard Starr route on Goddard or something close to it.

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:40 pm
by Jimr
I suspected they had only the elementary information. Wow, he must have spent 5 or so days with that fracture. Must have been excruciatingly painful. Good thing he was able to crawl to a water source. Wonder if he used the lake to ice down his leg and help numb the pain a bit.

Re: Missing Hiker--Have you seen this person

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:45 pm
by SweetSierra
As referenced above, the Bee's story:

Clovis hiker's harrowing ordeal in high Sierra told

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/11/402 ... 217/&ihp=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;