Show Hundreds Take Part in Search for Lost Hunter The locating of 17 year old olio Richard Green about 1115 Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- Nov 1 l climaxed an ex exhausting exhausting exhausting ex- ex four-day four search by Summit County Sheriff and Deputies Deputies Deputies De De- De- De jeep patrol members from Summit Morgan Weber and Box Elder counties and other volunteer searchers Green was discovered in a small grove of trees about yards below the divide between Beaver Creek and the Weber River On his return to Kamas he was examined by Dr John Kumagai before being placed in an ambulance ambulance ambulance am am- for transfer to the Dee Hospital in Ogden He was questioned questioned questioned ques ques- by a new newsman sma n as to whether he could attribute his surviving the four-day four ordeal to the Fish and Game survival training and he readily agreed According to Fish and Game representative Earl Ear 1 Bagnell this training is given as part of a gun safety course which is required by all youngsters before be before before be- be fore they can purchase their first license Among the items covered by bythe bythe bythe the course are descriptions of the man many y different palatable plants which are available and how to set up a heat reflector and arrange a bed in the snow Also included are complete instructions as to what signals are to be left for both airplanes airplanes airplanes air air- planes and foot searchers if lost These signs which are understood by all p pi pilots i l lot o t s sand and those trained in searching techniques techniques tech tech- can be tramped out in inthe inthe inthe the snow or laid out with rocks or sticks He indicated that any sign which would indicate your position after you become unable to answer shouts could be beneficial The contents of a survival kit and information on techniques techniques techniques tech tech- of capturing wild game is also stressed in the course Mr Bagnell emphasized that this course should be betaken taken and renewed by all who plan to enter the wilderness areas of the state but added it is easy for anyone to forget or neglect their coaching coaching coaching coach coach- ing especially if they panic after becoming lost The young hunter who had only a candy bar during the four days he was lost prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared a spot under a downed tree which was in a small pine thicket and stayed there awaiting rescue This was his only protection against the elements elements elements ele ele- ments during the freez below ing weather the four nights he was lost He stated his matches became became be became be- be came wet d during u r in g Saturdays Saturday's storm and he had fired nearly 30 rounds in a distress signal before his gun became jammed with mud One local searcher said he had been within shouting distance distance distance dis dis- tance of the spot Tuesday but evidently the boy never heard his calls They had also searched search search- ed the ledges above this thicket the day before but the trees concealed his resting place About yards above him trees were being felled with chain saws which Green stated he had heard He indicated he did not hear the Highway Patrol plane which flew immediately over the area Tuesday Ground men explained the plane was so dangerously low they could feel the draft as it passed over them Local officers were called about 2 am a.m. Sunday morning and the search was organized early that day with from 60 GO to men taking part during the four days The terrain is so rugged in that area the only method of search which was feasible was to walk and call hoping he would hear and be able to answer You dont don't know what thoughts go through a persons person's head when he is lost stated Sheriff Robinson M Maybe a y be the boy stayed awake during the night because of the cold then slept during the day while we were searching for him No one can cantell cantell cantell tell what they m might i gh t do in similar circumstances By Wednesday many of the local men were not called out because Sheriff Robinson felt he could not ask them to jeo- jeo their jobs any further in the search Many felt the boy could not possibly be alive after so long in the low tempera tempera- tures A search such as this can become very expensive with the Sheriffs Sheriff's department be bearing a r i n g the 40 per day cost of feeding the searchers and costs of gas and other incidentals No determination is made of the lost wages of many of the volunteers or the possibility of endangering many more lives during a search Although no price can be put on a human life this was just one of 30 calls received bythe bythe by bythe the department to hunt for lost hunters at the close of the sea sea- son Many of these were simply ly lythe the families calling for help before an effort had been made to locate the missing persons The Summit County Jeep Patrol Patrol Patrol Pat Pat- rol also took part in several of these other searches as well as the towns Halloween Halloween Halloween Hallo Hallo- night as they do each year They are now taking a well- well deserved rest but would be ready to go at a moments moment's notice if they we were re ne needed eded again They are equipped and trained in the techniques of search and rescue A few of these trained men are far more valuable than thana a large number of volunteers who however willing to help could likely become lost or injured themselves in any such effort To members of the patrol patrol patrol pat pat- rol as well as volunteers from other counties should go a heartfelt thank you you for their willingness to neglect their own duties and give up compensated working time to aid in such a search |