Calimus Butte, Monday, February 16, 2009.
Yesterday SAR was called out. We took 6 vehicles, 4 snowmobiles an terrain track vehicle and two dog teams. We quickly realized there was going to be a communications problem, so I and another team member hiked up a ridge 1.5 miles through snow and manzanita bushes. Just before we reached the top, weather started to come in and it was getting dark quickly, so we were called back to command. Oh well, good exercise.
We later found out the guy we were looking for had already gotten off the mountain. That's the way it goes sometimes. All not lost though, we worked well together, covered a lot of ground quickly. An opportunity to hone skills and learn.