Tuesday morning search

The search picked up on Tuesday where it had left off Monday. Except that we had a lot more people along this time.

Stratofox watched over the convoys to make sure everyone was OK, even the vehicles which didn't have radios. We brought along extra food and water in case it would be needed. In general, most people probably weren't aware of a number of the precautions we took to ensure their safety in the desert and mountains.

We had a few cases where people took off without radios (driving and later also on foot.) This makes it more difficult to make sure everyone is OK and no one is missing. Everything turned out all right. But it points out that Stratofox needs to write up some safety briefings for this kind of scenario in the future when we lead a convoy which includes people who may not realize that Stratofox is keeping track of everyone's safety. The people who drove ahead all got stopped less than 1/4 mile into the mountains where the first vehicle got blocked. But the people who wandered off on foot could have presented a bigger problem if anyone had gotten hurt and no one knew where they went.

(1536x1024 1708K) (500x333 33K)	After Ian 4x4-shuttled groups of people up the canyon, Steve and Randy lead Stratofox DF Team 2 up the canyon they wanted to check the previous evening. Little by little, everyone is following the signal toward the top of the mountain. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1035K) (500x333 18K)	Stratofox's DF Team 1 becomes visible ahead, having started from another canyon to the right from this view, and are scaling the slope ahead of us. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1908K) (500x333 38K)	Bruce Kelly is climbing the hill with Stratofox's DF Team 2. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1692K) (500x333 37K)	Stratofox's DF Team 2: Randy Palmer WA6LCD, Steve Palmer KA6DHU and Rob Palmer. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 2052K) (500x333 47K)	Will Galloway AE6EY continuing to use his vehicle's tactical callsign Stratofox 4, checks the other side of the small canyon. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1321K) (500x333 25K)	Stratofox DF Team 1 nears the top of the ridge. This is moments before they announced the nose section was found. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1450K) (500x333 29K)	Will AE6EY hikes up the steep slope toward the landing site. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1369K) (500x333 29K)	Bruce Kelly (lower right foreground) makes progress toward the landing site. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)
(1536x1024 1314K) (500x333 24K)	This is the canyon we climbed to get here. (photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ)

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