Show l' l b cn i e p eve cJ ops s i 11 i ir Gruelling Orp Ordeal I r t y w I picnic pf hike d down wn the Colorado Cob Colo rado rivet river developed de In inti a gruelling ordeal td al t for r four tour young l people 1 Friday and Saturday c Becoming lost In rugged Cane Can Springs Springs- canyon a tributary o of If the rivet th the voting folks wan tiered red for tor neArly 24 hours houts before they hey Were found fo by searchers f t It Tt was 12 hours later ater before the party patty could get pt back home s r Two girls Diane Kerby 16 10 daughter of Me Mt and Mrs EdJar Kerby and Nedra 15 year old old daughter of Buck Ducic on left Mo Moab b at 9 am a.m. Friday Intending to go on a short hike down the river rIvet taking a tIght light lunch with them On their thel way but out of town they met Richard Vohan 16 and Kay Hay Ayre 17 y both of Price Pre whit joined the girls on th the hike The ToM party hiked down to the mouth ol ot Cane Cano Springs s wash and as It was wM early In the day the they decided de des tided to walk wall up the wash to the the the the cafe on d e highway lG ICO Under the v slon sIan that the distance was WM only rr three or tour four miles miles Instead Instead of ot off f actually i 20 miles mUe through V vets very r tm- tm rough steep terrain The y young folks walked until until dark darl and sp spent nt the night huddled around a fire to keep from freezing It was a wet stormy night and the youths suffered considerably consider consider- ably from exposure i When the girls did not return i homey homes Friday night Mr Kerby I accompanied by Sheriff Sherlf R. R C. C Burr and Mennel Stewart left teft lefts j s down the river to search for them The men picked up the tracks of the young folks foils at Cane Springs wash and found tz i the party ab about tt am a.m. Sat Sat- z 1 As It appeared closer to the the Hole the Hole in the than to return return re re- turn by way of the rIver liver theu the 4 u group continued oh up up the Uie c cans can n. n yon ton Sheriff Burr wenton ahead and reached town some time I ahead ahead b ad of t 1 ii z e dA 1 A. A M M. Sto J ala aia met e ati n. n sence en e a of the Hid f flew lew over ovet the can canyon on lo located atM the hikers dropping food tood to do theta them So exhausted So-exhausted were the members mem bers berg of the patty party and ami so 0 difficult cult the terrain that It was about pm p.m. before they reached the tho hl highway hway In the meantime D D. A. A Kerby and Col Col- lIn A Loveridge e had started out on horseback ck to locate the Ute party patty riding tidIng up Cane Springs wash to the Hole tho Rc ck The hikers rs had followed up a aside aside aside side canyon that leads to the Country Behind the Rocks flocks Here D. D A. A Kerby and Mr Lov- Lov Bridge met them with a truck It was pm p.m. Saturday when the llie group reached Moab nearly 36 hours after the girls had left lefton lefton on the hike None bf of t the party arty suffered greatly from rom the ordeal aside from rom exhaustion and blistered feet One of the girls wore out outher her ht ler shoes and walked much oi ot tUe distance barefooted |