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As a reporter in Utah I've covered countless stories about backcountry searches, some ending with rescues and others not. The one that has always stayed with me is the story of Carole Wetherton and Kim Beverly. The were on a day hike in the Uintas when weather moved in... dumping snow. Summit County SAR found their rented vehicle at the trailhead but their bodies were not discovered until the following spring when a SAR team doing training with a heli spotted glimmering from a space blanket.
The SAR groups never disclosed their final resting place and it bothers me that we still don't have good answers to why their situation ended as it did. I've been following this page on summitpost.com for a few years now and even went scouting around Mount Watson last summer (I'll write that up in a trip report eventually). I'm curious to see if any backcountryposters have theories.
The SAR groups never disclosed their final resting place and it bothers me that we still don't have good answers to why their situation ended as it did. I've been following this page on summitpost.com for a few years now and even went scouting around Mount Watson last summer (I'll write that up in a trip report eventually). I'm curious to see if any backcountryposters have theories.