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MISSIONS: January - June 2017 MISSIONS: January - June 2017 MOUNTAIN RESCUE ASSOCIATION LIFESAVING AWARD - RMRU’S MATT JORDON RMRU NEWSLETTER VERSID RI E Thank You! M E To all that volunteer their time and financial assistance.... O U U C Countless people owe their lives N S T A I N R E OUR SUSTAINING MEMBERS January - August 15, 2017 BENEFACTOR CLUB $1,000.00 + Diana Smith | The Webb Foundation | Florian Boyd Lynda Meacham | Ronald Dye | Riverside Elks SUMMIT CLUB $500.00+ Jane and David Allard | Idyllwild Rotary Anns PATRON CLUB $200.00+ Idyllwild Rotary | Teresa Lindemulder | Charles Newton Leanne Monsma | Hatlelid, Inc. | John R. Dew CENTURY CLUB $100.00+ Yvonne Levy | Michael Nguyen | Carol Lovatt Dale Pollard | James Collins | Lennox Family Chris and Gigi Kramer SUPPORTING < $100.00 David Stewart | Thomas Kaczmarek | Marydoris Powers Benjamin Croweell and Gretchen Angelo | Henry and Karen Sawicki ACTIVE TEAM MEMBERS Steve Bryant - Alta Loma | Pete Carlson - Blue Jay | Kirk Cloyd - La Quinta Cameron Dickinson - Murrieta | Corey Ellison - Laguna Higuel | Joe Erickson - San Berdo Gary Farris - Palm Desert | Michael George - Riverside | Donny Goetz - Los Angeles Glenn Henderson - Hemet | Eric Holden - Temecula | Tony Hughes - Yorba Linda Matt Jordon - Palm Springs | Kevin Kearn - Huntington Beach | Lew Kingman - Redlands Shani Pynn - Riverside | Rob May - Riverside | Kaylean May - Riverside Dana Potts - Corona | Alex Rilloraza - Corona | Brad Scott - Moreno Valley | Wayne Smith - Riverside | Tyler Shumway - Hemet | Frank Snider - Riverside Ray Weden - Murrieta | Ty Whittersheim - Hemet | Gwenda Yates - Hemet RMRU NEWSLETTER IN THIS ISSUE MRA LIFESAVING AWARD - Matt Jordon Page 3 MISSION REVIEWS - January - June 2017 Page 4 Life Saving Award TESTIMONIALS Presented to - Letters Page 29 On the Cover - RMRU’s Matt Jordon Lone Pine Peak Summit 12,949’ High Sierras. For this mission, CHP aviation pilot Jennifer Earle & John Muir Wilderness RMRU team member Matt Jordon were dually awarded the - View to the northwest with Life Saving Award Mt. Irvine 13,786’ (left) at MRA’s 2017 Spring Conference in Boise, Idaho. Mt. Whitney 14,505’ (right) This is the highest honor in the photo by: Gary Farris (August 2017) Mountain Rescue Association. days you do, my day was to be a Lost Hiker South Ridge Saturday. I heard this guy named November 11, 2016 Clive was missing, somewhere South Ridge Trail to near South Ridge Trail above Astro- Tahquitz Peak Camp in Idyllwild. He’d been out Reflections by Matt Jordon six nights in mid-fall weather lead- (Visit RMRU.org for mission write-up by ing into what would prove to be a Glenn Henderson) record setting winter. The moun- tain had been hit hard that week; It’s now summer solstice in Port freezing cold windstorms and lack Angeles, Washington [2017] over of food & water could break even seven months after the Clive the best of them in the best of mission in Idyllwild last year. I’m gear. It would be surprising to find sitting on the bed of room 104 of this guy alive. First thing Saturday the Flagstone Motel thinking of morning, Glenn and Dep. James ways I can explain that mission and broke down the current events at how things went down. It’s been a Matt with his award and Jennifer’s the trailhead, explaining that two long week here looking for proper- received at the MRA 2017 Spring teams were currently in the field ty, the cool coastal weather will be Conference in Boise, Idaho including members of DSAR and a welcome break from yet another out on a Friday night which I sim- RMRU. brutal summer in Palm Springs. ply had no energy left to respond; it had been another extremely These guys (and gal) had been out After rereading Glenn’s write-up, I stressful week dealing with Snow all night long and were pretty beat. don’t think I can match his amount Creek drama so I decided to At this point, Gary and I were sent of technical detail so many months rollout first thing in the morning. down to McCall Park to continue later, but I can recall a few other Some days spent on SAR, you just the tracking he and Cameron did details. I remember getting a call have nothing left to give and some throughout the night. Clive’s cell Continued on Page 8 RMRU NEWSLETTER Mission Reviews January - June 2017 The following pages contain a selection of first hand accounts of RMRU missions written by the team members involved. RMRU volunteers are on call 24/7, to search for and rescue hikers, skiers, rock climbers, and outdoorsmen whenever and wherever needed. Missing Alzheimer’s Two Hikers Stranded The team was called out to do January 22, 2017 an evidence search in the East Person Hemet area. We met at 09:00 at January 06, 2017 La Cresta, Santa Rosa Plateau Written by Pete Carlson the Hemet Sheriff’s substation in Wildomar Area Written by Glenn Henderson Hemet and drove to the search RMRU was called to help get two site. hikers who were stuck on the San- First mission of 2017 is a call out ta Rosa Plateau. As team members for a missing 71-year-old male were responding to the basecamp with Alzheimer’s in the Wildomar an Orange County Fire Authori- area at 9:30am. We rolled out to ty helicopter conducted a hoist basecamp and started dividing up rescue. Members returned home the area and assigning teams to before reaching the scene. different areas. This is an area of rolling hills, lots of brush and nu- RMRU Members Involved: Kevin rescuing Eric merous houses and outbuildings. Cameron Dickinson, Michael It had rained the night before, but There was a lot of quicksand that George, Eric Holden, Kevin Kearn it had not been too cold. A sense had to be negotiated. We searched and Raymond Weden. of urgency was felt for anyone out until 4:30 in the afternoon when it all night. We had been on scene was called off. about two hours when we got Evidence Search RMRU Members Involved: the call that he had been found January 25, 2017 Cameron Dickinson, in a hospital emergency waiting Hemet Area Glenn Henderson, Eric Holden, room. Someone had picked him up Written by Glenn Henderson during the storm and drove him to and Kevin Kearn. the hospital where he was waiting. We packed up our gear and headed home at 1:30pm in the early after- noon. RMRU Members Involved: Cameron Dickinson, Donny Goetz, Figure 8 on a bite Glenn Henderson, Eric Holden, Cameron and Glenn Searching Standard “Tie In” Knot Tony Hughes, and Matt Jordon. 4 RMRU NEWSLETTER MISSION REVIEWS JANUARY - JUNE 2017 Three Hikers and Dog feet of webbing. If the subjects make the top and the other two February 4, 2017 couldn’t be airlifted out, we would retreated from the icy conditions Tramway Skyline Trail rig up static lines from above the to head back down the mountain. Written by Eric Holden subjects all the way down to them. On their way back down they met We would then be able to clip into up with State Park’s Volunteer and Six hours after the team had just the ropes using ascenders and they showed him the location of finished our annual winter skills safely hike up the last 800 feet. Justin. The four of them made a training at Grubb’s Notch, we were makeshift camp and bedded down called back out to Grubb’s Notch. for the night. The night started We were asked to assist with carry- very cold as they had limited gear ing supplies down to a State Park but RSO Aviation where able to Ranger who was about 800ft down drop two large duffel bags of gear Skyline trail with 3 subjects and filled with food, water, and warm a dog. We had a great turn out of clothing. After that they were all almost all the people that were at quite comfortable. training earlier that morning. Eric in Communication with other agencies Thankfully the expert crew of Star-9 was could to hoist out all 3 subjects, the dog, and the State Parks Volunteer. We gathered all our gear and headed back down the mountain. Members waiting at Upper Tramway Station in case needed Sunrise from Upper Tram Station We would later find out the en- tire story. Turns out one male Once on scene we were told the subject, Justin, had decided to RMRU would like to give big subjects and the State Park’s hike in shorts, t-shirt, and tennis thanks to Tony and Alex who gave Volunteer were all warm and shoes with his dog up skyline trail. up their Sunday plans to assist comfy and that they didn’t need in this rescue. Also thanks to the our assistance. The plan was to Palm Springs Arial Tramway who hoist them out via Helicopter the “ Thankfully the expert crew of let us spend the night with all the next morning. Skyline right now is free coffee we could drink. Star-9 was could to hoist out basically one big ice chute. Almost all 3 subjects, the dog, and the impossible to travel on without RMRU Members Involved: gear, and very difficult even with State Parks Volunteer.” Gary Farris, Michael George, Eric gear. When asked, what the plan RMRU RESCUER - Holden, Tony Hughes, Matt Jor- was if RSO aviation couldn’t do ERIC HOLDEN don, Kevin Kearn, and Raymond a hoist, the response was to get Weden. another Helicopter. No other mountaineering gear. A group of three mountaineers Other Agencies Involved: Due to the steep terrain, the Sky- found him sitting in the snow, California State Parks, Riverside line can sometimes be a very tricky very cold.
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