12 - Wednesday, November 12, 1986 - North Shore News inquiring reporter by Stephen Barrington B.C. Transit recently announced 12 new changes affecting North Shore transit riders. The Upper Lynn Valley route 210 to downtown Vancouver was extended to Burrard Statio: Late night service now ends a half-hour earlier, leaving Kootenay Loop at 1:07 a.m. Routes 21] and 214, the Seymour-Vancouver and Blueridge-Vancouver routes, were extended to Burrard Stations. The 226 St. Patricks-Lonsdale Quay route was extended to the Lions Gate Hospital at St. An- drews and [4th Street. The 228 Lynn Valley-Lonsdale Quay route’s Sunday and holiday departure times have been adjusted by 15 minutes in the afternoon. Sunday morning services are now hourly. The 229 Lynn Valley Centre Lonsdale Quay route’s 60-minute Sunday and holiday service will recommence, The 230 Upper Lonsdale- Lonsdale Quay route will also recommence Sundays and _ holi- days, and departure times will be adjusted by 15 minutes. The 222 Phibbs Ex- change-Grouse Mountain’s Sunday ind holiday times will be adjusted slightly. The 239 Lonsdale Quay-Park Royal departure times will be ad- justed slightly and the 30-minute Sunday and holiday service will recommence. The Sth Street-Vancouver route’s Sunday and holiday depar- ture times will be adjusted slightly. The 246 Lonsdale Quay- Highland-Park Royal route’s daytime departure times on Sun- days and holidays will be adjusted by 15 minutes. The 292 Upper Lynn Valley- Vancouver route will be extended to Burrard Station. ON THE weekend of Nov. I and 2, officials conducted four separate searches for hikers who got lost en North Shore Mountains. All of the eight people lost in tocal woods were brought to safety by volunteer searchers. In the early afternoon of Nov. 3, the last group of hikers was found on Cypress Bowl. One of the women suffered a concussion and had to be carried down the mountain in Bill Douglas North Vancouver I've heard about a system they have in California where there's a beeper and they can track you if you don't come back. This happens every year. Lois Douglas North Vancouver I think it is very, very difficult. Not really knowing much about hik- ing regulations and the trails on the North Shore I couldn’t really say. Michel Rossignol Quebec City First, they should travel in a group. If people do get lost it's important to start searching right away. Maybe they should carry some flares. Christian Giguere Quebec City Hikers must watch the land and maybe they should carry some flares — it would be a really good idea to do that. a stretcher. The search leader said that hikers must pay more allention to how long it will take them (to get out of the woods before dark. He also suggested that hikers prepare themselves better, by bringing warm clothes, matches and a flashlight. This week, Inquiring Reporter asks people about preventing lost hikers. How can we prevent lost hikers? Herb Coleman West Vancouver I think it would be better to focus on the hikers so they could prepare better. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Maybe the important thing is to take it serious- ly.