Interesting timing on the search for the LD.  When I lived in Arizona, I often hiked and climbed in the Supes.  They are marvelous in the winter, with water everywhere, with very pleasant temperatures.
The summer, of course, is vastly different......
I am sure the searchers are checking out the possibility that the whole thing is a decoy and that the "victims" are miles away.  It has happened before.
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