tl AUGUST 4, 1999 Bright LUghts ove 12 Susiness 000 15 Classifieds 35 Food fnight Nerth Shore Alert ee 8 Sports eee 33 Wright eon 6 Horn Sree Free Press Lig Pupesre: Peta: Sra 1935 Lonsaaie Avera North Vancouve: 80 V7M ina Canadian Pubkcatons Mad Sales Product Aysemert fi) 0087238 44 Pages Missing WV man found in Cundarave Bob Mackin and Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporters THREE iost, three found. Two hikers lost on Mount Seymour and a senior citizen who went hissing ino West Vancouver were successfully found midday Tuesday. Reginald Dillon, 66, wan- dered away tram West Vancouver care facility for dhe aged on Sunday. He was found by two women at 13:40 am. Tuesday. Dillon was tucked among prickle bushes beisind driftwood west of Dundarave Beach. The women were walking nearby and heard Dillon call for the police. They followed his cries to the prickle bush where he wes found. Dillon was caken to Lions Gate Hospital by ambulance in fair condition. He was last spotted by a lifeguard at Ambleside Beach on Sunday afternoon. He had gone missing from a Taylor Way care facility earlier that day and was in nced of med- ical attention. North Shore Rescue team members searched the Capilano River for the missing man on Sunday, but found no clues to his disappearance. The Canadian Coast Guard was involv on Monday. Meanwhile, within minutes of Dillon’s location, nwo broth- ers from Port Coquitlam were plucked by helicopter trom Mount Seymour on the northeast side of the North Shore. Dustin Lam, 26 and Martin Lam, 22, set out on a hike at 2 p.m. Monday. They ended up near a peak called the Second Pump at the top of Mount Seymour. By 8 p.m. they decided to stay put for fear of falling down the steep snow slope. According to one of the brothers, chey were surprised to find snow on the mountain during their B.C. Day expedition. “I’m only a beginner,” said Martin Lam. “St was cold, dark. I was hungry.” He said they hugged cach other to keep warm through the din a coastline search youre renting over 30 million dollars in facilities and equipment for about a dollar a day! Call today to setup your Complimentary Guest Visit HORE Tee Time p24 Special golf fearure inside today’s paper “We waited for a long time.” The brothers’ parents called RCMP around 9 a.m. Tuesday to report them missing. NSR mount- ed a search mid-morning. . were removed from the slope separately. NSR volunteers and a B.C_ Parks ranger spoke with them in the command vehicle for several minute: Relatives arrived at the Mount Seymour parking lot and were happy to see the brothers in good health and spirits. Their mother ran from a car cry- ing and holding a towel over her face to avoid a TV cameraman and newspaper photographer. The Iams were both tired, but able to walk on their own. They did not need medical attention, however Martin Lam’s right eyebrow was dotted with mosquito bites. Though they had some outdoor gear, neither were equipped to climb in steep, snowy conditions. “I say thanks and I really appreciate it,” said Martin Lam to his rescuers. “Without them, we just can’t get out.” Leet Reginald Dillon found yesterday. Snorts p33 WY woman attempts English Channel swim More than just pie at Marine Drive’s Savary Island bistro Business pis FREE NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge MARTIN Lam, 22, comforts his mother while brother Dustin Lam, 26 waits. The Lams were found unharmed on Mount Seymour by North Shore Rescue volunteers midday Tuesday after spending the night on snowy slopes. They set out on a B.C. Day hike at 2 p.m. Monday. NSR’s last operation on Mount Scymour was July 11 when a woman fell down a snow slope. She later died in hospital of internal injuries. (Sce page 27 for an eyewitness account of the fatal climb and hiking advice.) NSR joined a search with the Lions Bay search and rescue mission Sunday night to find an injured hiker at the base of the Lions. A 28-year-old woman was airlifted to Cleveland Dam and taken to hospital for treatment of rib and chest injuries. She slipped and fell 60 metres on snow and hit a tree. She was with three other peo- ple, one of whom calted for help with a cellphone. NSR also was called to help an injured male hiker Monday afternoon at Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. The man suffered a cut leg and was coaxed out of the bush by emergency crews. According to the Provincia! Emergency Program, lost or injured hikers and people missing from institutions are the two biggest reasons for search and rescue operations. bei y \ 5 . i=