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TNSAR Search 3/05/2011

2 snowshoers in Paige Meadows on TGSR weekend

Submitted by Mark Johnson

Orla and Yvonne set out Saturday afternoon on a snowshoe hike through Paige Meadows with some friends. At some point the friends split up, and after a few hours Orla and Yvonne realized they were not exactly sure where they were, and so called 911.

Somewhere along the way John Pang was able to talk with them, and got a GPS reading from their iPhone. The skiers boarded the snowcat, bound for this GPS waypoint, while the sledders went ripping into the Meadows.

As the forest thickened on the West end of the Meadows, the skiers left the cat and headed directly for the Waypoint. Upon reaching it, they found...nothing. No Orla, no Yvonne, no tracks. In the end this point was quiet a bit off from where the ladies were actually waiting, patiently.

The snowmobiles finally found the women, somewhere near Joe Pace's house, and transferred them back to the top of SilverTip. They returned to the Meadows to tow/ride in the skiers.

And the next day, we had a Great Ski Race.

SheriffSkiersSnowcatsSnowmobiles
Officer RyanPaul Honeywell
Mark Johnson
John Pang
Gerald Rockwell
Bob Wright
Russ Viehmann
Jimmy SmithTJ Johnson
Scott Meyer
Thomas Smith

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