Lost Mt Bikers- Switzer Falls area

[HatTrick]

Just wondering if anyone knows these guys. Maybe they will share their story. Always good lessons for the rest of us.

http://sierramadre.patch.com/articles/mountain-bikers-lost-overnight-in-switzer-falls-area

 

[guero]

and here is another good lesson. when posting an article, please take an extra few seconds to copy/paste it in your OP.

Mountain Bikers Lost Overnight in Switzer Falls Area

Local search and rescue teams searched for a pair of mountain bikers overnight Sunday evening and found them Monday morning around dawn.

• By Dan Abendschein
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• September 26, 2011

Two mountain bikers went missing overnight in the mountains above Altadena on Sunday night, but were found uninjured by rescuers Monday morning, according to Capt. Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Search and rescue teams from Altadena, Montrose, and Sierra Madre all assisted in looking for the pair, who were found in the Switzer Falls area.
The call for the missing hikers came in around 10:50 p.m. on Sunday, according to Parker, and they were located around 5:15 a.m. Monday.
Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopters were used in the search, according to Parker.

 

[Burner]

it was JoeTruth and his buddy

 

[denmother]

it was JoeTruth and his buddy

Details!

 

[elab]

it was JoeTruth and his buddy

Details!

I heard JT & fatcat pitched a tent & played backgammon all night long.

 

[dstepper]

Not surprising since below Switzers is still closed and there probably not a trail there anymore.

Dean

 

[nightops]

Redbox to Switzers-

Just wondering if anyone knows these guys. Maybe they will share their story. Always good lessons for the rest of us.

http://sierramadre.patch.com/articles/mountain-bikers-lost-overnight-in-switzer-falls-area

slightly off topic but is the Gabrielino trail above the day use area open which these guys probably went down? i havent ridden there since the closure but would love to get back there-