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Outstanding work by the SAR teams.
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Great news. =D>
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Yes this is great news and another great job by the SAR folks.
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I wonder just what type of details his family had regarding his plans other than trailhead and planned destination.

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Awesome news :D

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Jimr wrote:I wonder just what type of details his family had regarding his plans other than trailhead and planned destination.

I'm appreciating the reconn form even more now.
A story just ran on this in the Fresno Bee. Apparently they had little to go on other than the objective (Mt Goddard), the duration of the trip, and the trailhead. For that reason the initial search area was very broad, but the early (in the search) check of the Goddard summit register and finding of his signature surely narrowed things quite a bit. If I read the story correctly, he was descending Goddard after summiting, then had a foothold give way or talus shift on him and, during the fall, a large rock hit and broke his leg (compound fracture). According to his account, the resultant rockfall was a really large one with a lot of stuff coming down and he ended up sliding down snow for some distance, apparently as a part of an effort to escape the barrage. He then crawled to the shore of Davis Lake. The description, and his ending up at Davis Lake, suggests he was descending the standard Starr route on Goddard or something close to it.
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I suspected they had only the elementary information. Wow, he must have spent 5 or so days with that fracture. Must have been excruciatingly painful. Good thing he was able to crawl to a water source. Wonder if he used the lake to ice down his leg and help numb the pain a bit.
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As referenced above, the Bee's story:

Clovis hiker's harrowing ordeal in high Sierra told

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/07/11/402 ... 217/&ihp=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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What a story of human perseverance. And best wishes to Gregory and the Hein family as they start what could be a difficult rehab.

What stunning good fortune that the search and rescue landed 50 feet from him even though they had not spotted him--by pure chance. I'm still trying to fathom that. Wow.
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One of the times a spot locator or similar device would have been helpful.

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