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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 2698908" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Sad, Zabriski Point is a high traffic area, it sees Rangers semi-frequently. All that he had to do was wait. And open the hood. First rule of the desert, a car is way easier to spot from the air than is a person. Stay with it. And open the hood. Any Ranger or searcher is going to take an open hood as a sign of distress. There IS shade to be found, it's under the car.</p><p></p><p>A BLM Ranger once told my boss, who had been hunting Chuckars in the Mojave somewhere and got stuck in a sand drift, that instead of walking out in the daylight to wait for near dusk if he was in good shape and knew without question where he needed to go. But more importantly that if he was in trouble or wasn't sure of where to go, to haul his spare into a clear area and light it on fire. They keep a very sharp eye out for fires in the desert because they're really, really hard to put out. That smoke column would be seen for 10's to maybe a hundred miles away and people would come a runnin'! The Ranger emphasized the spare option over the hiking out option.</p><p></p><p>Apologies to the OP if I've diverted the thread away from it's intended course. I think that the knowledge hauled around in your head is just as and maybe more important than the gear hauled around in your pack. My hope is that some of what I've picked up over the years will help someone at some point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 2698908, member: 93138"] Sad, Zabriski Point is a high traffic area, it sees Rangers semi-frequently. All that he had to do was wait. And open the hood. First rule of the desert, a car is way easier to spot from the air than is a person. Stay with it. And open the hood. Any Ranger or searcher is going to take an open hood as a sign of distress. There IS shade to be found, it's under the car. A BLM Ranger once told my boss, who had been hunting Chuckars in the Mojave somewhere and got stuck in a sand drift, that instead of walking out in the daylight to wait for near dusk if he was in good shape and knew without question where he needed to go. But more importantly that if he was in trouble or wasn't sure of where to go, to haul his spare into a clear area and light it on fire. They keep a very sharp eye out for fires in the desert because they're really, really hard to put out. That smoke column would be seen for 10's to maybe a hundred miles away and people would come a runnin'! The Ranger emphasized the spare option over the hiking out option. Apologies to the OP if I've diverted the thread away from it's intended course. I think that the knowledge hauled around in your head is just as and maybe more important than the gear hauled around in your pack. My hope is that some of what I've picked up over the years will help someone at some point. [/QUOTE]
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