2 FOUND AS STORM CLOSES IN ON PEAKS.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los - With a heavy storm bearing down on them Tuesday, searchers on snowshoes snowshoes, footgear enabling the wearer to walk on soft snow without sinking. A snowshoe consists of a light frame of tough wood or aluminum, roughly the shape of a large tennis racket, which is strung with caribou skin or other material and is attached to the shoe and in helicopters found two snowboarders who had been missing overnight in the snowy San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. . Minutes after a helicopter crew spotted two arrows and the word ``help'' marked on the ground in a canyon, searchers found one of the lost men. The other was found about two miles away less than an hour later. ``It was a very remote area,'' sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht said. Jeremeah Goike, 30, of Riverside and Byron Hoon hoon Austral & NZ slang Noun a loutish youth who drives irresponsibly Verb to drive irresponsibly , 37, of Fontana, who did not know each other but who both disappeared Monday from Mountain High ski resort, were cold, wet and dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). but refused medical care, officials said. Hoon had also banged up his knee. Their cars were found in the resort's parking lot. Searchers were called out about midnight to hunt for Hoon, and they were already looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. him when they got word that Goike was missing as well. The men were lost in 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 feet of snow that had fallen since Wednesday. A heavier storm was forecast for today and likely to drop 1 foot to 3 feet of snow on the San Gabriel's higher peaks. The search concentrated in the steep canyons on the back side of Blue Ridge, where the ski resort is located on the northern slopes. After sunrise, searchers found one snowboard, then a second, and began following tracks. Searchers were under pressure to find the men quickly as storm clouds moved in, threatening to halt the helicopter search. The men survived a nighttime wind-chill factor below 10 degrees, with wind gusts above 20 mph and temperatures that dropped to 22 degrees at the top of Blue Ridge. |
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