| Last week, I got around to doing something I | | | | either of us fails to come back out of the woods. |
| should have done a long time ago. | | | | The most important part of this file is the |
| A friend of a friend went on a hunting trip in | | | | instruction (with contact information) to call both |
| Colorado, and went "missing." (He was found dead | | | | of these trackers if we don't check in on schedule |
| from a lightening strike 4 or 5 days later.) | | | | during an excursion in the woods. |
| Watching the search effort from a distance, my | | | | We’ve told our families that these guys |
| friend noted the frustration that he felt from | | | | are to be called at the same time (or before) |
| having knowledge that could help, but not having | | | | other authorities are called so they have the |
| access to the people in charge. | | | | opportunity to work with clear tracks, not |
| You see, we know a couple of extremely | | | | trampled ground. The instructions also ask the |
| talented mantrackers who could easily have cut | | | | "authorities"to cooperate with these trackers so |
| the search down to 1 day--maybe 2, since there | | | | we don’t have to stay lost as long. And |
| had been a heavy rain before the search got | | | | we’ve set up accounts to pay for their |
| started. These guys are good--good enough that | | | | travel expenses. |
| they train some rather elite federal law | | | | This plan took all of 10 minutes to write up and |
| enforcement and military groups. Good enough | | | | distribute to family and friends. Another 15 |
| that one of them pinpointed the missing hunter's | | | | minutes to explain what in the world we were |
| location--on the phone, after asking a few | | | | talking about. But now they all know how |
| questions and looking at the topography. Two | | | | important it is that they get the trackers involved |
| days later, the body was found, right where the | | | | immediately. |
| tracker had said to look. | | | | Do you have a plan--and more importantly, does |
| This event motivated both of us to take action. | | | | your family know what to do if you ever get |
| We gave our families and closest friends a file | | | | lost? |
| with a set of instructions to follow in the event | | | | |