12-08-2006, 04:52 PM
[quote JPK]1. Out of anyone in the whole world except for the CEO of Garmin himself- shouldn't he have had a GPS?
2. One report said they read the map wrong and missed a turn that would get them to an interstate.
3. The road they were on was map marked as being possibly closed during the winter. I would think that it would have been marked with signage as well? Would you question things if you were on a road and didn't see any other cars in either direction?
4. The reports I have read said their cell phone was out of battery too. Did he not have a car adapter or one of those battery extender packs? While their location could have precluded making a call, if their cell phone was on couldn't they have at least used it for narrowing the circle to find them/him.
Here's a link to the place where the car got stuck:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=grants+pass+oregon&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=42.627518,-123.832226&spn=0.026397,0.084286&t=h&om=1
It is near a lookout on Bear Creek Road, which is also NF 23.
You can zoom out so see better where this is.
I think they were trying to get to Gold Beach on the coast.
1. A GPS mapping device like a Tom-Tom might not have mentioned that this road was not kept clear in winter.
2. The road they were on goes, basically, from I-5 to PCH/OCH 101. I think they were going to the coast, not from the coast.
3. This stuff is my biggest question. You are on a deserted road... no traffic. I would think there has to be some signage. And the road is becoming snow covered. Why no u-turn and retrace your steps? Why keep plowing (literally) forward?
4. There was not enough cell phone coverage where they were to actually use a phone... but what eventually got the gals rescued was her phone connected briefly to a tower somewhere and the network tried to send a text message when it saw her. That brief "ping" was logged and was enough to establish a radius for the search. so she must have had some battery as well.
2. One report said they read the map wrong and missed a turn that would get them to an interstate.
3. The road they were on was map marked as being possibly closed during the winter. I would think that it would have been marked with signage as well? Would you question things if you were on a road and didn't see any other cars in either direction?
4. The reports I have read said their cell phone was out of battery too. Did he not have a car adapter or one of those battery extender packs? While their location could have precluded making a call, if their cell phone was on couldn't they have at least used it for narrowing the circle to find them/him.
Here's a link to the place where the car got stuck:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=grants+pass+oregon&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=42.627518,-123.832226&spn=0.026397,0.084286&t=h&om=1
It is near a lookout on Bear Creek Road, which is also NF 23.
You can zoom out so see better where this is.
I think they were trying to get to Gold Beach on the coast.
1. A GPS mapping device like a Tom-Tom might not have mentioned that this road was not kept clear in winter.
2. The road they were on goes, basically, from I-5 to PCH/OCH 101. I think they were going to the coast, not from the coast.
3. This stuff is my biggest question. You are on a deserted road... no traffic. I would think there has to be some signage. And the road is becoming snow covered. Why no u-turn and retrace your steps? Why keep plowing (literally) forward?
4. There was not enough cell phone coverage where they were to actually use a phone... but what eventually got the gals rescued was her phone connected briefly to a tower somewhere and the network tried to send a text message when it saw her. That brief "ping" was logged and was enough to establish a radius for the search. so she must have had some battery as well.