Trisha: It must have been very rewarding to be involved in the effort. I was very thankful that the boys were ok. I haven't heard any details on the news. How far had the boys gone and what did they do for shelter at night? Jerry Team Cache-Quest ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trisha Radley" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Search...using GPS, UTM and T/R/Sec > Hi all, > Was wondering if you saw the big search for those 2 boys up by Flag. It was > on all the news channels. They were found alive and well after 3 days and 2 > very frigid nights, which is a miracle....prayers were answered. They had no > provisions and only light clothing. I was part of the team of searchers > working to find them, this time in the command vehicle running the radio and > radio log all night (6p to 6a) Sun/Mon. (On big searches like this, we > usually run 12 hour shifts) The rest of our Posse also was up there along > with ground searchers, horses, ATV's, search dogs and 4x4's from 6 counties, > plus helos and even US customs Blackhawk (we needed the FLIR..infra red). > It was interesting to be in the command vehicle and have various groups > reporting back their positions (and positions of tracks found) in Lat/Long, > UTM, and even township.range.section, and quite a challenge to plot > positions on the maps. > Geocaching is sure fun, but thank God we have this technology to assist in > this type of life and death situation..... > ~~trisha "Lightning" ~~Yavapai Co Jeep Posse > > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > Az-Geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com > http://listserv.snaptek.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >