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Update:
I confirmed that the Summit County Sheriff's Office provided the foundation with the area to be searched. The grid squares were worked left to right, top to bottom. On day one I was part of group four. On day three I was part of group 17.
![IMG_2024.jpg IMG_2024.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/66/66753-34c43135eaa0138cb09cfd877160c0af.jpg)
And here's an approximation of the area covered by volunteers over the three days of the Bardsley Foundation operation on CalTopo. The red tracks are my own.
(EDIT: Map link removed)
The start of the volunteer search on Saturday was hampered by technical difficulties. The Foundation ran into trouble getting the grid coordinates loaded into handheld GPS units used by the team leads. That meant several hours of waiting and lost time, unfortunately. As a result, many of the members of my group on Saturday had to quit early. That's why Saturday's grid is so much smaller -- we didn't complete our assigned area.
The search around the north side of Star Lake was pretty tough due to a ton of downed trees and a large cliff band in the middle of our grids.
![_MG_6395.jpg _MG_6395.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/66/66752-f98ee325cf0dc0dfa43bd70e774ac52c.jpg)
I confirmed that the Summit County Sheriff's Office provided the foundation with the area to be searched. The grid squares were worked left to right, top to bottom. On day one I was part of group four. On day three I was part of group 17.
![IMG_2024.jpg IMG_2024.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/66/66753-34c43135eaa0138cb09cfd877160c0af.jpg)
And here's an approximation of the area covered by volunteers over the three days of the Bardsley Foundation operation on CalTopo. The red tracks are my own.
(EDIT: Map link removed)
The start of the volunteer search on Saturday was hampered by technical difficulties. The Foundation ran into trouble getting the grid coordinates loaded into handheld GPS units used by the team leads. That meant several hours of waiting and lost time, unfortunately. As a result, many of the members of my group on Saturday had to quit early. That's why Saturday's grid is so much smaller -- we didn't complete our assigned area.
The search around the north side of Star Lake was pretty tough due to a ton of downed trees and a large cliff band in the middle of our grids.
![_MG_6395.jpg _MG_6395.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/66/66752-f98ee325cf0dc0dfa43bd70e774ac52c.jpg)
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