Elainera
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Thank you cybervampira.
Does anyone know what "high-angle rescue skills” are?
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As if you were going to climb the side of a mountain to get someone who had landed somewhere half down.Thank you cybervampira.
Does anyone know what "high-angle rescue skills” are?
Canadian Rope Access Specialists – Technical Rope Rescue, Low Angle Rescue or High Angle Rescue?Does anyone know what "high-angle rescue skills” are?
As if you were going to climb the side of a mountain to get someone who had landed somewhere half down.
That is really amazing! This reminds me of the case of Gary Tweedle, who was at a conference in Australia and ended up dead on a ledge of a massive cliff. It took quite awhile to find him, and I suspect this is similar to Paul.Wow -- the article says more than 600 searchers and 20 K-9 units have put in more than 6,000 hours looking for Paul!
Family/friends may think more can be done but I think that is amazing. Hats off to all those searchers (both two- and four-legged).
Wow -- the article says more than 600 searchers and 20 K-9 units have put in more than 6,000 hours looking for Paul!
Family/friends may think more can be done but I think that is amazing. Hats off to all those searchers (both two- and four-legged).
Reviewing old news videos & just realized Paul went missing on Friday the 13th... :thud:
A couple of other niggly things, mainly wording LOL:
@0:47 "...i would encourage people, you know, for this time of year, find something else to do...."
@ 0:53 "...his vehicle found parked at the 49 Palms Oasis trail head where he began to hike alone..."
@ 1:00 "...authorities says it's unusual for hikers to go missing on the trail..............."
SMH...FWIW.
Providing you STAY on the trail, which it appears Paul did not.This is LE speaking (SMH)...FWIW
1:06 "...it's a difficult place to get lost out there, the trail goes out about a mile and a half, you turn around and walk back the same a mile and a half out..."
For any who curious about the surrounding terrain and want to appreciate what they are up against, go to google maps and put in “fortynine palms oasis” and view it in satellite mode. If Paul made it to the oasis and picked a false trail by accident, it is easy to see how quickly you would be in trouble.
For any who curious about the surrounding terrain and want to appreciate what they are up against, go to google maps and put in “fortynine palms oasis” and view it in satellite mode. If Paul made it to the oasis and picked a false trail by accident, it is easy to see how quickly you would be in trouble.
Providing you STAY on the trail, which it appears Paul did not.
From article Search continues for missing Canadian hiker in Joshua Tree
"We're hoping that we find him in good health and we're able to return him to his loved ones, said" Land.
Seriously? That statement is almost cruel. No way he could still be alive and surviving after this length of time in JT this time of year.
Thank you for correcting me. I always assume a new article posted on here is up to date. . Got to pay attention to details a bit more often.To be fair, that article was first posted July 14, the day after he went missing, and last updated July 18, so this quote could have been from early in the search.
Your synopsis is consistent with quotes I’ve read from SAR and LE looking for Paul. It seems they are not convinced he went hiking there.The false trail would be my favorite theory for almost anything else (having seen my fair share of them in real life), except SAR keeps saying that people don't get lost on that trail.
They also (earlier) said they looked at the one place off the trail where Paul could have gone and didn't find anything, and while they didn't say what that was, I did find some trail reports indicating that the only places to go once you reached the oasis was (a) back to the trailhead or (b) you keep going in a certain direction. I think they searched that and didn't find anything. I would think that if Paul headed in the wrong direction after leaving the oasis, he would have realized it quickly, and headed back to the oasis since it is a very obvious visual marker in an otherwise desolate landscape. MOO.