Emergency, Emergency , Updated all ok

[Bob33]

Seems to me that posting GPS coordinates would help in a situation like this.

[MtnMuley]

I was up there past 15 miles today and as far as basically any truck has went and the only guy I saw stuck was some drunk jackwagon who was in a meadow off road. I did see a ghost hunter sticker on the back of an Idaho plated rig though heading up the road. There were hundreds of people up there recreating all weekend at all hours of the day.  I'm betting he was rescued.

[Ridgeratt]

Another piece of the puzzle.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,249396.0.html

[KFhunter]

thanks for that Ridgeratt, from what I could piece together he's on this road, or at least a good place to start.


does anyone know if SAR has been activated?   

[fishngamereaper]

Well he was active on the sight yesterday at 826 am. So not sure if he still needs assistance or not.

[jackelope]

@ghosthunter  What's your status?

[Rainier10]

Hoping this ends well.

[ghosthunter]

Thanks everyone. Sorry for the confusion. Cell phone service was in the least spotty.

 My wife was posting on my sign in.

We arrived Chewelah noon or so Sunday. For a week hunt. Buddy John, my 17 year old grandson, and I.
We were trying to camp along the upper Major Road to access LPO from south. Missed that turn and went up Sand Road into NF. Lots of camps and real noises.  Found what we thought was the right road 6.4  miles up to North. Found a camp spot. I wanted to drop the utility trailer and check out Road above because it did not seem right to me.

But I let weariness over ride comes sense.

We set 2 two wall tents end to end got unloaded and the tent stove going. Buy this time it was 6 pm we had been going since 4 am. The  grandson who had had 3 hrs sleep crashed in his rack.

John and I decided to go up explore road and figure our travel times out for next day.

Wrong road. Always go with your gut.

Sooo we decide to go find the right road. We left the kid sleeping and set off.

Backed tracked found the Major Rd and when we got in  the NF end of it I knew we were where we wa try to go. We checked possible camp spots as we went find a camp of three turkey hunter in campers up high about five miles from Sand Rd. We drover over to LPO confirmed all was good and started back the same route making plans to move camp to this location after am hunt on Monday.

It was getting g dark. When we hit around Five miles from Sand we went into a little dip at 5mph.
And we were dead  No pop no nothing just like I turned the truck off.
No head lights, but all other lights worked. No wipers, but all dash lights on. No turn over. No clicks, nothing when we turned the key. We are blocking the road.

After poping the hood checking things out. Couldn’t figure it out. I hiked down to the Camper Camp . And asked for help ,now 10 pm. Two very nice guys hiked up with me and spent a hour checking relays and such. Nothing. We pushed the truck out of the dip and they returned to there wives.

I was worried about my grandson back at camp alone ,but as it turns out he had the best time.
More later.


So John and I settled in for a night in a truck on a mountain road. Something you know we had done before it you been on here over the years.

I have zero cel, service, John one bar.  We had a buddy coming from Idaho Monday so we got ahold of him. But where we were was confusing to him. I had sent a Spot locator of our camp location him before we left camp.

More.......

[ghosthunter]

We get ahold of wives thus the posting on my sign in, was my wife hoping someone in the area could aid us.

No other traffic on the road.

We get ahold of my son in Lynden WA and he heads our way at 3 am.

Am comes and still no one around. I walk the road a little and decide we could coast down without power a ways now that we could see.

So we do that we made it about a mile or more I think. Past the camper camp. But now we are stopped and. No cell service here at all.

I decide to hike out to Sand Rd. I think it’s about four miles or less.
I leave John with the truck and a tow strap hoping someone might come by and tow us to the next decline.

Once Igot down to the farms I stuck my thumb out to the 3 rigs that passed me but they seemed to increase speed when they saw me . Not sure if it was my grizzly old man look or what Covid has done to us.

More.....

[Wanttohuntmore]

Tagging.  I know that area but am 350 miles away.   Is it sand road or sand canyon rd?

[ghosthunter]

I reach Sand Canyon  Road and major Rd intersection. And wishing I could sit down. God provided, there is a very nice bench there with a electrical box on it.
so down I plop. Thought of laying down but thought that might trigger some 911 calls so I stayed sitting.
It was10 am.

I knew the buddy Alex from Idaho had to be around here but he must had went to our camp spot.
My son should be in the area by 11 am or sooner. So I waited counting all kinds of rigs pouring out of the upper Sand road. There must have been 400 camps up there.

More........

[ghosthunter]

Tagging.  I know that area but am 350 miles away.   Is it sand road or sand canyon rd?

Sand  Canyon.
We are home.

[pianoman9701]

I'm glad you're home and safe, my friend. It sure is hard to plan for every contingency.

[Wanttohuntmore]

Any idea what went screwy with the rig?  I don't trust newer rigs for this reason but am guilty of owning them.

[Machias]

Glad you made it home, looking forward to the rest of the story.