7 January, 2009
A search last week for a lost Roswell, NM quail hunter brought home how important carrying the proper equipment can be to a happy outcome.
Tony Davis and Joyce Westerbur of White Mountain Search and Rescue, a group that operates out of Lincoln County, said anyone setting out to enjoy the New Mexico outdoors, whether hunting or for other activities, should carry a compass or Global Positioning Satellite device and a topographical map and know how to use them.
"Just having a cell phone is not sufficient," Davis said. "Cell phones did not work well in this area, for example."
WMSAR members were called to assist Chaves County SAR in the search Dec. 31 and Jan.1. The WMSAR "vanbulance" do-nated by Lincoln County was used in the search as a winter base camp, Davis said.
Cooperation among search and rescue groups from different counties is common. Chaves County SAR, Eddy County SAR, New Mexico State Police, state Game and Fish, a Civil Air Patrol aircraft and local ranchers on horseback all participated in the latest search.
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