Use this forum to stay informed on missing persons alerts, active SAR's and unfortunate hiker accidents we can all hopefully learn from. Any information you may have on a missing person, including first hand weather related information or any other insight (however little) may prove to be critical information to Law Enforcement / SAR in locating the person in question.
Three hikers were stranded at 12,600 feet on Mt. Whitney Tuesday morning. At the request of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), at 0800 a Cal Guard Chinook helicopter based out of the Stockton Army Aviation Support Facility departed to Mount Whitney along with three members of the Inyo County SAR team. After a 20-minute flight, the crew located the hikers. Landing with only their rear wheels on the mountain, the crew was able to safely load them and return them to the Bishop Airport.
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member:http://reconn.org