8/29/2015 – Overdue Ranchers

SAR Staff, Air Squadron, Hasty, SVU, and WCSAR staged approximately 40 miles north of Gerlach on CR34 to search for two overdue ranchers. Early possible locations were sketchy, so a team was used to check the Limbo Rd. area before they reached Gerlach. Teams checked many possible areas off of SR447 and CR34 before some better information was received from friends of the missing subjects. Teams were redirected to the area the ranchers had grazing rights for, with the belief that they were checking fence lines. While teams were checking the area, the Air Squadron was flying over High Rock Canyon, and spotted a disabled truck with its hood up. One subject (the father) was with the vehicle, and was waving for help. Coordinates were given, and a ground team arrived at the location approximately one hour later. The subject was medically fine, but the truck had experienced a broken tie rod, and was not movable. One of the subjects (the son) started walking out of the canyon at 0630 in the morning, heading to Soldier Meadows Ranch. While the father was being transported out of the canyon, the son was located with friends in a vehicle coming into the canyon. The father and son were reunited and all returned to the staging area.