At 1440 hours the Team was called to assist in locating a 39-year-old female and a 42-year-old male who were overdue from an outing to climb the Red Dihedral on the Incredible Hulk in Little Slide Canyon. The Team staged at Mono Village near Twin Lakes, Bridgeport and established search base.

CHP helicopter H42 was requested, and they accepted the mission. A field team of 2 was assigned to hike to the base of the Hulk to search the wall with field optics, but a short distance up the trail they encountered the female subject, and the male a short time later. The subjects were escorted back to search base in good condition, though the male member of the pair reported being exhausted. CHP H42 was cancelled, and the operation was terminated at 1800 hours,

Escorting one of our subjects back to the trailhead. Image by J. Lipman

IC: Pelichowski Ops Leader: Bush Responders: Leyen, Mayernick, Lipman, Case, Haugh, Huizingh, Kaufman, Kelly, Senior, Torrence

On-Scene Coordinator: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue