Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

farmall · 06-23-2024, 12:53 PM

Bad luck or stupidity?
All you have to do is walk down hill till you meet a creek and follow that till you meet a road and follow that down hill to civilization.
I dont get it.
If I was out in the desert it might be more difficult.
At least I would know where West was after the first day.
Plane contrails are allways 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock here as well. PDX in and out.

**Getter-Done** · 06-23-2024, 01:34 PM

I hope that a Lesson learned for him.

Link: https://abc7ny.com/post/missing-hike...oulder%20Creek.

Quote from him: "I did enough hiking for probably the whole rest of the year," he said.

LS short box · 06-23-2024, 04:15 PM

When we were hunting the mountains we always had a satellite GPS. Not the GPS on your phone.

**Micmac** · 06-23-2024, 05:22 PM

I use a compass. I had one of the Garmin in-reach thingys with the sat phone at my children’s insistence and I am not bad with electronics , but could hardly turn that thing on-good old compass works fine. I’m always out in the sticks

**Sheepdip** · 06-23-2024, 05:22 PM

Back in the younger days when I Snowmobiled in the the High Sierras most of the time you could follow your tracks out if need be, but we where always exploring new routes or short cuts. A GPS and a topo map where a must.

**kwmech** · 06-24-2024, 01:32 AM

I can understand getting turned around in the Sierra Nevadas, but Coastal mountains like the Santa Cruz? Maybe they're a lot more remote than I thought

**68bowtie** · 06-24-2024, 10:43 AM

It’s pretty wooded around santa cruz.

But still. Take a gps and a friend.

**truckster** · 06-24-2024, 01:39 PM

I knew a group of people once that went on a three-hour tour and almost didn't make it back...

**Stocker** · 06-24-2024, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by truckster

I knew a group of people once that went on a three-hour tour and almost didn't make it back...

**jerry moss** · 06-25-2024, 09:50 PM

i've hunted the sierras from ravendale (north) down south past Dorington and so far i've always been able to find my way out, a few times i got pi$$ed at my truck for not being in the same spot i left it in, i guess it was just messing with me and moved a mile or two

**Sheepdip** · 06-25-2024, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jerry moss

i've hunted the sierras from ravendale (north) down south past Dorington and so far i've always been able to find my way out, a few times i got pi$$ed at my truck for not being in the same spot i left it in, i guess it was just messing with me and moved a mile or two

Been there done that! Wasn't this guys case but snow changes everything!

Tom · 06-26-2024, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by farmall

Bad luck or stupidity?
All you have to do is walk down hill till you meet a creek and follow that till you meet a road and follow that down hill to civilization.
I dont get it.
If I was out in the desert it might be more difficult.
At least I would know where West was after the first day.
Plane contrails are allways 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock here as well. PDX in and out.

You sound like someone familiar with the area. Not everyone is. I wouldn't know any of that stuff, besides east/west/north/south.

tutone · 06-26-2024, 04:11 PM

Old Dan'l Boone said it best, and I quote
"Lost? I ain't never been lost, I might have been turned around for a day or two before"

**Steeveedee** · 06-26-2024, 07:55 PM

Maybe there's a lot of wacky tabacky growing around where he was?

4u2nv · Yesterday, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by truckster

I knew a group of people once that went on a three-hour tour and almost didn't make it back...

Yea but they where on a island !!!

**jerry moss** · Yesterday, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 4u2nv

Yea but they where on a island !!!

with those two young ladies i would hope to never be rescued

**Getter-Done** · Yesterday, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jerry moss

with those two young ladies i would hope to never be rescued

That may have been the reason they never got off the Island.

06-23-2024, 12:53 PM	#1
farmall Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Central OR Posts: 678	Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. Bad luck or stupidity? All you have to do is walk down hill till you meet a creek and follow that till you meet a road and follow that down hill to civilization. I dont get it. If I was out in the desert it might be more difficult. At least I would know where West was after the first day. Plane contrails are allways 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock here as well. PDX in and out. __________________ 1955 GMC 250 8 Flatbed 1971 C30 157" 350 4spd 10' Flatbed 81 GMC K30 CnC 9' Flatbed 454 T400 89 GMC Jimmy Stock https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=810958 71 LT1 Convertible, 72 Coupe 69 CJ5, 75 CJ6, 67 M715, 72 M35A2 Bobbed, 95 XLC2

06-23-2024, 01:34 PM	#2
Getter-Done Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: TN. Posts: 7,918	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. I hope that a Lesson learned for him. Link: https://abc7ny.com/post/missing-hike...oulder%20Creek. Quote from him: "I did enough hiking for probably the whole rest of the year," he said. __________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 84 Chevy K-20 63 Impala (my high school car) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...Crew Cab Build

06-23-2024, 04:15 PM	#3
LS short box Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Carlos MN Posts: 1,988	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. When we were hunting the mountains we always had a satellite GPS. Not the GPS on your phone.

06-23-2024, 05:22 PM	#4
Micmac Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Calais, Maine Posts: 503	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. I use a compass. I had one of the Garmin in-reach thingys with the sat phone at my children’s insistence and I am not bad with electronics , but could hardly turn that thing on-good old compass works fine. I’m always out in the sticks __________________ 1963 Chevrolet C-10 "Ginger" 1970 C-30 Dump Truck "Scarlet" 2019 Chevy Silverado 2500 Z71 LTZ 1947 Indian Chief Roadmaster with Sidecar. 2012 Indian Chief Serial #002 of 110 built in '12 2016 Indian Chief Roadmaster

06-23-2024, 05:22 PM	#5
Sheepdip Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Waterford California Posts: 2,439	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. Back in the younger days when I Snowmobiled in the the High Sierras most of the time you could follow your tracks out if need be, but we where always exploring new routes or short cuts. A GPS and a topo map where a must.

06-24-2024, 01:32 AM	#6
kwmech Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colfax-California Posts: 8,464	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. I can understand getting turned around in the Sierra Nevadas, but Coastal mountains like the Santa Cruz? Maybe they're a lot more remote than I thought

06-24-2024, 10:43 AM	#7
68bowtie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Turlock, CA Posts: 8,534	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. It’s pretty wooded around santa cruz. But still. Take a gps and a friend. __________________ I live in California, but identify as a Texan "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well" Survivor "Lil’ Mint" (67 c10 40k mile light green original paint) Project "C10 Fever" (68 factory black 396 swb) Project "Little Sister" (70 c10 blue original paint refresh) Project "Blue Bomb" (70 c30 blue original paint refresh) SOLD Project "Vitamin C" (71 c10 orange original paint refresh) SOLD

06-24-2024, 01:39 PM	#8
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06-25-2024, 09:50 PM	#10
jerry moss Born Psycho Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: brentwood,cal,usa Posts: 4,828	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. i've hunted the sierras from ravendale (north) down south past Dorington and so far i've always been able to find my way out, a few times i got pi$$ed at my truck for not being in the same spot i left it in, i guess it was just messing with me and moved a mile or two __________________ jerry moss 72 cheyenne super K20- tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,tow hooks,bumper guards,toolbox,aux. fuel tank,posi front and rear,plus other goodies!!! SOLD 69 suburban K20-tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,4 inch all spring lift,4 speed, 14 bolt full floater, dana 44 HD,warn winch,posi front and rear,tow hooks,plus other goodies. 73/80 chevy/gmc K20 SB400,turbo 400,205,tilt,a-c,gas hog. 77 K/5 cheyenne blazer-daily driver/beater. SON HAS IT NOW BRENTWOOD,CALIFORNIA

06-26-2024, 04:11 PM	#13
tutone Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: hickory, ky Posts: 1,267	Re: Guy gets lost on N CA mtn 3 hr hike for 10 days. Old Dan'l Boone said it best, and I quote "Lost? I ain't never been lost, I might have been turned around for a day or two before" __________________ :My build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=807535 1972 K10 swb/1968 Camaro 350/4spd 1955 210 2 dr sedan/1998 RCSB Z71

06-26-2024, 07:55 PM	#14
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