I discussed this from the signal mirror point of view here -
this was really a signal mirror tour de force.
http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=200661#Post200661

However, for those without my signal mirror fixation,
I thought it was an unusally well documented survival case
that might be worth general discussion. If nothing else,
just look at the after action report[2] - I've never seen
so many lavish photos in a after-action report before.

The hiker was:
+ reasonably well equipped
+ flagging his route
but he:
- "off-roaded" his return
- chose to hunker down in a spot hard to find
(canyon bottom)

Since the URLs were insanely long, I used tinyurl to
make shortcuts. (If I was better with HTML, I could probably do it in this forum, yes?)

[1] Rescue Team, Finds Lost Hiker, p. 3 of Airwaves, Sept. 2008
http://tinyurl.com/08M1313c

[2] Hell Canyon Search CAP 08M1313 (Power Point) - very well illustrated
http://tinyurl.com/08M1313a

[2] "Another typical Rocky Mountain misson", page 24, top left of page 25 Civil Air
Patrol Volunteer, May-July 2009 PDF page 24, top of page 25
http://tinyurl.com/08M1313b

[4] News story: http://www.co.larimer.co.us/news/newsDetail.cfm?id=196

[5] News story: http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=96374&catid=339

[6] News stories: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/16977456/detail.html

[7] News story: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9983652?source=bb

[7] CAP bulletin: http://captalk.net/index.php?topic=5611.msg107134#msg107134

[8] News: http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080724/NEWS/185048856/1035/NONE&parentprofile=1062

[] News story: http://www.backpacker.com/blogs/the_pulse/337

Great story hunt, now regarding the links


produces
Airwaves Newsletter
Airwaves - September 2008 1.30 MB SR-71 ...er rescue team.

using the full reply screen, with javascript enabled, you get a nice button that prompts you, so you can copy/paste the url and text description

update: Its usually a good idea to always go with most direct link available, not a redirect of a redirect ... like youtube videos, why link to someones blog (not maker of video) instead of linking to the video? always go with direct links to source of material.

July 23 and 24, 2008 - Hells Canyon Search
Civil Air Patrol Hell's Canyon Mission Slideshow(ppt)
Civil Air Patrol Volunteer
May-July High-res 9 MB

+1 signal mirror. Low tech rules.