of the weather conditions.

‘They were well familiar
with the mountain area. As
Dave Brewer, who coordin-
ated the search, commented:

. “This is like their back yard.
They live. just across. the’

street, so to speak, and had

been there many times, “

b before.’’

However, not. having” in-
. tended being out late, two of.
them: - Jay. Wilson, : of. 6230.

_ St. George’s Place, and Rob
‘Hussar,

runners. and light clothing.

‘Page 16, November 29, 1978- North Si hore New

Gs During the. night the boys»
heard voices and shouted but
were not pinpointed because

‘of 6317, Douglas
Street, were. only wearing’:

Brendon Wilson, : of. 6211

-Overstone, was. the best off,
with. hiking boots; a down-
filled jacket and toque. He.

also had a space blanket,
which’ all

under.

_ GREATEST FEAR
- Even SO,.

fear.

Brendon hikes - on “the |
oo mountain at least once every
“couple of weeks but the boys
ran into. trouble through
. choosing a route they. hadn’t
previously, used.

They began their. hike at
about. noon,

‘The youngest of the three, |

expecting to —
‘walk up. to 0 Cypress Bowl.

| st steep. the.  poye. ‘had. to use -

he ‘says. that _ jack-knives as hand-holds on

| hypothermia » was s his s greatest on is

The ruggedness of of the trail
slowed. ‘them down so much

that it was the reason they
ran 1 out of daylight. -

“We got to the. top ‘and the
clouds. closed:.in . and. we.
decided -to get: ‘down:as fast .

as we couid and the sun 1 went.

- “We. usually make the. top .
of. Baden Powell Trail in two
hours. We hadn’t tried Old
- Black Mountain Trail. before
and it turned out to be © pretty
/ disastrous.” cans
‘three - chaddles 7 St

Ahem." ae

"RESOURCEFUL

‘The. boys rigged up an

imaginative home-made.
torch. Jay . took -
i undershirt and they soaked it

off his

in alcohol which Brendon had

in a first aid kit he was

carrying.

ok “We lit it. and j it got | us off .
the -rock,’’ says Brendon.

They then decided to stay put

onthe rock slide below which
was free of the. snow that was’

gathered in Patches about

‘When darkness’ “fell they

_ were at the top of a ‘rockface.
‘and there was no light: for
them to find their way. down.

Brendon | Says. there was
some © apprehension. abou

_.. their ‘rescuers. arrived. —

he two. groups

os made voice contact it was 6
/ asm. and it w

as then. another
40. minutes efore they met

_what parents would think but™
once the ‘boys. had resigned .
themselves to. staying: there
until the morning: ‘light, “dT:
was surprised we were So.
. calm," he. Says.

‘They were - “found ‘about
A, ,900 feet up the mountain -
‘and searchers of the North .-°.

and West Vancouver Provin- — up there,”’

cial. Emergency Program

- Rescue Team (PEP) put the
overnight | ‘temperature at -
minus three degrees ‘gentie
grade. :

whic
Brendon: says the e boys had S
realised the searchers would —
be out looking for them: and.
so they decided to settle
_ down as best they could until

” Dave

= _ Brewer. says the. boys did the
best thing and that one of his
6 greatest fears” ‘during . ‘the
“fescue was’ they: ‘might try
walking | about. in. the: dark
“and slip over

ver one of ‘the cliffs.

“He was extremely slippery

he. says, “‘and it
was lucky. they. sat down and

; waited: it out.” meee

“He says part: of the rescue

“OE team wasup on Eagle Bluff,

takes: about ‘half an

‘ hour. to. descend on a
“summer's day.:

Because of
the weather conditions it took

them thre hours to o get down

‘the bluff

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