Show expensive practice The me massive search scorch for or a group of hikers ers era In National Park over important Who the weekend week some lessons The Tho group really were not lost In Jn no danger and were not behind their pre determined schedule But they failed to notify Park personnel or local law enforcement en en- officials of their whereabouts and as a result their Ir e-Ir parked car sitting in the same place for or an alarming period of time caused officials to order the search Groups both local loca and visiting should always check in with authorities before boating hiking or f in the rugged country around Moab Alarm about lost groups here is not unfounded Over the years many have perished in the rugged canyon country and countless others have had a close brush with death Most communities com com- have by necessity formed groups to conduct search and rescue op And these groups have been worked hard over the years ye Cooperation of travelers into the wilds can help lighten their load It is ironic that the search area this week was located in San Juan county resulting in the involvement of San Juan county search and rescue teams along with officials from Grand county The irony comes from rom the fact act that all aU entrances entrances en en- trances to the tho Grandview Point area are through Grand county and the area is much easier to reach by Grand county teams i iI I Crews under direction of Sheriff Rusty Musselman of San Juan county are to tobe tobe tobe be commended for their willingness to travel a great distance outside their own county in order to conduct a search in an isolated section of San Juan county Without Without Without With With- out a a. doubt physical barriers in this wild county do not always conform to dividing dividing divid divid- ing lines Between ee political subdivisions Where situations of responsibility arise such as Grandview Point the two countIes counties counties coun coun- ties should work out an operating ope agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment so that the ilie areas can be served by the closest search and rescue operation Only through a common sense arrangement arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment such Buch as this can costs of conducting conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing search and rescue missions be kept at a minimum |