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StumbleMan, four children rescued at Red Rock Canyon
Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 | 6:10 p.m.
Beyond the Sun
A man and four children hiking in Red Rock Canyon were plucked off a ledge after dark today when they became stranded.
Metro Police Search and Rescue and Bureau of Land Management rescuers brought the lost hikers down one by one via helicopter after a report that a 63-year-old man and four children, ages 7 to 16, were missing in the Red Rock Canyon area.
National Park Service dispatchers received a report of the missing group before 5 p.m. Monday, Metro Police spokesman Officer Bill Cassell said.
The group was near Lost Canyon, an area with a spring and stands of willows and in a deep red and white sandstone canyon. They didn't have much food or water, authorities said.
Cassell said rescuers will try to determine where the hikers are and then reach them before nightfall.
"Sometimes you can call a cell phone, figure out with landmarks where they are and go right to them," Cassell said.
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Congratulations to the first people to ever manage to get lost in the Vegas valley wilderness. They must have not been able to see the Stratosphere tower from behind that one tree.
As an avid outdoorsman it freaks me out how many people with no clue go "hiking" and get lost. Charge him for the rescue, maybe he'll learn.
I have done a great deal of rock climbing and hiking in Red Rock and Mt. Charleston, and it ceases to amaze me how unprepared and stupid some people can be. I have been out hiking in the middle of summer, and many people have very little or no water, no food, and drastically misjudge distances and the terrain. Don't stray to far from your car if you are that much of an amateur, and save the taxpayers some money by not making you have a solo helicopter flight to safety. Im glad everyone was ok though, its just frustrating.
I was hiking in Red Rock last week and I didn't see a soul on my 4 hour hike. I always carry plenty of water, some energy food, light jacket, flashlight and I always know my turn-around time so I'm not walking back to my car in pitch dark. It doesn't take a brainiac but rather common sense when hiking in the mountains. I'm not sure how this guy and his entourage managed to get lost on this rather easy trail that is perhaps 1 hour round trip from the trail head.
why take a 7 year old kid with you if you don't know what you're doing??
Yes, I would definitely send this idiot a bill for the rescue and then I would seriously look into child endangerment charges against him. What a moron.