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captkw
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Quote: Originally posted by captkw  | Am I the only guy that heads out for 3/4 months and up to a year trip,, at a time and don't call home ???
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chuckie
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They are on their way back...Stuck for a while....NBD
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BigBearRider
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Is this fact, or your opinion?
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chuckie
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BajaBlanca
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Here is what it says on TALKBAJA:
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Jennifer Davidson toTalk Baja
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Lonny, Dane and Travis are safe and on their way home.
They were stuck in the mud, and a nice Mexican family took them in until they were able to get out. Thank you everyone for your prayers, concerns and
good wishes. A happy ending.
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Indeed a very happy ending.....so wonderful for a family to take them in.
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chuckie
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What I said
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Cappy
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Back in the day we would go missing for weeks at a time. That was before Internet, cell phones, spot trackers. That was the experience. My wife and
kids would go down to the local tackle shop late afternoons and call on the single side band. Prayers for a safe return and stories to last a life
time
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BigBearRider
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Good to hear. Thanks!
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BajaGringo
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I received a message from the wife of the fisherman who had originally reported seeing them out at the coast and who along with her husband had been
busy getting the word out via marine radio to the southern community where there is no cell service. This is the story that just got back to them via
radio last night:
Apparently, Dane, Travis and Lonnie got stuck in the mud and a nearby family took them in while working to help them get their truck out. A nearby
rancher heard the radio calls for help in searching for the three and made the connection to a nearby family with three gringo houseguests. The boys
gave him a couple of numbers to call and he went in search of a cell signal and notified family that they were OK. We'll learn more about the actual
details later I suppose, but that is the version that got back by radio, and to me this morning.
Our original facebook post was carried in two local papers down here...
[Edited on 9-13-2015 by BajaGringo]
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaGringo |
Apparently, Dane, Travis and Lonnie got stuck in the mud and a nearby family took them in while working to help them get their truck out. A nearby
rancher heard the radio calls for help in searching for the three and made the connection. The boys gave him a couple of numbers to call and he went
in search of a cell signal and notified family that they were OK. We'll learn more about the actual details later I suppose, but that is the version
that got back by radio, and to me this morning... |
Somebody buy these kids a new set of mud-terrain tires for their Prius. 
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David K
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Good news, let's be happy!
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rts551
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Nah its time for the "I went missing for weeks and nobody cared stories" or at least missing for 4 3/4 months.
Says something about you when no one cares.
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chuckie
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I was lost this morning, but then I found the coffee filters...
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CaboMagic
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Happy to learn all is well with this group!
Please don't flame me if I mention for anyone travelling to think about a cell phone with international text activated .. carriers are now offering
plans to include calls/text/data to include Mx and Canada which I think is incredibly helpful particularly in a situation like these guys experienced.
LG
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BajaGringo
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There is no cell service in that area. They would most likely have been much better served with a SPOT messenger device. A local fisherman from El
Rosario who saw our facebook post got the word out to the local fish camps and ranches by marine radio, the only means currently of communicating in
that area.
El Mexicano is already carrying our story of being found in their online version this morning:
Encontraron a los Surfistas...
[Edited on 9-13-2015 by BajaGringo]
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wilderone
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"A nearby rancher heard the radio calls for help in searching for the three and made the connection"
True Baja Style. Rancheros sold them gas, took them in, helped dig them out. THUMBS UP !
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rts551
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Spot is a great way to protect yourself if going off to an area with few people and no communications.
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TMW
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| Quote: Originally posted by wilderone | "A nearby rancher heard the radio calls for help in searching for the three and made the connection"
True Baja Style. Rancheros sold them gas, took them in, helped dig them out. THUMBS UP ! |
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wessongroup
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Yep .. was a different story when down in Baja in the "day" ... no cell, no SPOT, no radios (at least I didn't meet any) ... nothing and that was few
and far between ... which I enjoyed ... at the time
Taking a oil pan out by hitting a rock could make things a bit difficult ... getting stuck, was expected and/or well planned for by most
Good the guys met up with some good folks ... had much the same experience a couple of times
Folks tend to stick togather to help when living out there where they need to ...
Good for the guys, they catch any .. or was the trip a total loss when it came to "surf" 
I'm sure they will be going again ... what's getting stuck compared to hitting some nice surf ... right
[Edited on 9-13-2015 by wessongroup]
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Pappy Jon
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| Quote: Originally posted by rts551 | | Spot is a great way to protect yourself if going off to an area with few people and no communications. |
SPOT is OK. Delorme InReach ROCKS!
"The association of flowers and warm-blooded love is more than a romantic convention; it is based upon one of the great advances in the evolution
of life." Ed Abbey
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