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Show DAILY C4 HERALD Sunday. September 26, 2004 The Region ffcCi Ltu- - real n n With Off-Roadi- n' Jeep-sizerocks everywhere, BF Goodrich's On Track Krawler Team driver Karl Muriford, left, Ww works his way up a steep incline with the help of his teammate Dean Bulloch, right, on Saturday during the first day of the Superlift ProRock National Rockcrawling Championship at Cougar Buttes in Lucerne, Calif (below). During the event, teams, which include a driver and a navigating spotter, slowly crawl through a series of cones in many timed races. At the end of day one, Jon Bundrant of Hemet, Calif., clung to a slim lead after completing three of 10 courses. BF Goodrich's On Track Krawler Team driver Jennifer Little, center, works her way up another steep rocky mountain with the help of her teammate Todd Little, foreground, on Saturday (right). f. d V two-perso- n I 1 w 1 KZLte W"SBB ,ZrM NIK S'S Elf vviF M & ' j Photos by JOHN GALAYDAVictor Valley Press Daily Crash story unfolds as deaths mourned, survival celebrated Sarah THE turn around, Hogg told a local sheriff. Without navigation aids, the clouds can become blinding. "You can't see forward, you can't see behind you, you can't see right or left," said Robbie Holman of Whitefish, a pilot of 40 years. "So all you can do is go up. You don't do that unless things have closed in so bad you don't have any choice." As Long began to turn, the plane hit Mt. Liebig, above the timberline at about 6,500 feet, just 15 minutes after takeoff. The plane clipped a rock and broke into pieces, with the front portion flipping over and coming to rest upside down. By that time, the plane was on fire. "Even before they stopped, there was fire in the aircraft," Flathead County Sheriff Jim Dupont said Hogg told nun. "She recalls tremendous pressure, heat and then a flash." At least four of the five people survived the initial impact. But the flames were growing. Hogg opened a door, unlatched her seat belt and fell from the overturned plane onto the snowy ground. "She turns around, reaches for Matt and his foot was caught," Dupont said. "She was pulling on him and got him out." Hogg said she checked on her friend, Davita Bryant, 32. "I saw blood in her hair and on her face and she wasn't moving," she told Dupont. Meanwhile, Long had unbuckled Ken Good, 58, and pushed him from the plane. The R. Craig ASSOCIATED PRESS When KALISPELL, Mont. the fog rolls into the mountains of western Montana, all a pilot can do is climb and hope nothing emerges from the clouds in his path This week, something did, and all five people aboard a small plane were given up for dead. Two days later, Matthew Ramige, hobbled by a broken back and severe burns, and Jodee Hogg, bruised and burned with a sprained ankle, emerged from the wilderness after spending 29 hours hiking five miles to get off the mountain west of Glacier National Park to reach a highway for help. Neither survivor has given an interview to the media, but from their hospital beds they have spoken to law officers, medical workers and family members. Hogg, 23, and Ramige, 29, were among four Forest Service workers on board the plane headed for the Big Bear-BoMarshall Wilderness Monday to survey vegetation and fix telecommunications equipment. But soon after takeoff, pilot Jim Long, 60, found himself caught in stormy weather. The peaks of the Rockies can be treacherous due to unpredictable winds, and a blanket of low and thick clouds makes it worse, veteran pilots say. Long's plane was unable to clear a ridge, so he began to b Hearing Problems? A Simple Hearing Test May Be fire was "just roaring" by the time Hogg, Ramige and Good had gotten out, Dupont said. Long and Bryant never did. The three survivors, some of their clothes burned off, huddled together to share body heat that night as temperatures fell to 20 degrees. They assembled a crude shelter from pieces of the plane. They had no food, no matches for a fire, and Ann KNIGHT C t coupon Front fE!i Pack Batteries' HHAPPOwmrar E. Hogg and Ramige began their walk off the mountain. They positioned the plane doors and engine cowling in the snow hoping the red stripes on the debris would draw the eye of searchers once the clouds lifted. ; with i Hearing Aid Cleaning i sources. Schwarzenegger said SB 1478 by Sen. Byron Sher, Alto, created a renewables market that had "several onerous restrictions." "We should strive for legislation that results in a vibrant competitive renewable energy market," the governor said in his veto message, "rather than impede the progress we have Marimow RIDDER NEWSPAPERS SACRAMENTO m Call for a Ramige's back injury made it difficult for him to stoop over for water from streams. By 8 a.m. Tuesday, Good had died. : "Personalized Hearing Care" Office & Hearing Testing Available Entire Wasatch Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected two major energy bills Saturday in the ongoing debate over the future of how power is bought and sold in California. The Republican governor y stunned advocates by vetoing a bill that had embraced his own campaign pledge to move up the deadline for utilities to get more of their power from renewable clean-energ- 294 N. 9351 University Ave. Provo. UT 84601 801 Offices also in S. 1300 Suite Sandy. UT 84094 801 553 8989 St. George. Salt Lake City, Park E. City, 2 650 Main St. Ephraim. 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After 29 hours of walking, apparently in excruciating pain, John Gisselbrecht, the air search coordinator for Dia- - ; mond Air Search and Rescue;in Kalispell, said there were indications that the crash was hot so violent that no one could ; ' have survived. issue "We have an thatlhey declared them dead without having proof ," Gisselbrecht ; said. "That's a serious issue. You would declare them missing until you have concrete ' evidence that they are dead." ', through the next in a way that permits the whole to remain flexible. Chains may 'form the entire ornament, or be the vehicle for displaying the focal point of the piece, of eternal love. such as a pendant, watch, Goldsmith As expected, the Republican governor vetoed Democratic Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez's bill that would have created a new set of rules intended to stabilize the energy market and prevent market abuses. "This bill creates a redundant and burdensome energy procurement process that would steer the state back toward monopoly utilities, without some of the Consumer protections necessary to protect ratepayers," Schwarzenegger said in his veto message. Schwarzenegger favors a more competitive energy market in which large businesses such as high-teccompanies can shop around for power from independent generators. h I I' ;.! of our culture, indicates the bonds Wil Feller or North Provo, 1 1 m is the owner of Co. Jewelers at 120 University Avenue in liHDct, fMHtjO) r the rationale for the veto flimsy because the bill would have created a new market. "It's a significant disappointment that highlights the administration's sometimes confusing policy on energy and the environment," Lipper said. "It's exactly what the governor committed to do as part of his campaign." 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Intermountain Hearing Centers T i. I, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes energy bills Need! All You 1 Hogg and Ramige found a trail Wednesday that led them to a highway. There, a motorist who saw them, left the pair, drove to the nearest phone and called for help, said paramedic Lance Westgard, one who responded. Westgard said Hogg wanted only to talk to her mom and dad. He recalled her saying, ' "They probably think I'm dead." "Well, yeah, they do," Westgard told her. i Ramige's family was piittjng together his obituary, and Wi grandmother was making neral arrangements. Ramige was in serious;obndi-- t ion Saturday at a Seattle hospital for a broken spine and severe burns. Hogg was being treated for burns and bruises at a Kalispell hospital, but her condition wasn't released. 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