husband stranded - wife worried. needs help...

[Lance]

Anyone want to help this lady and her husband? Here's an email I recieved today -


Name: Jackie
Email: markjaramillo@sbcglobal.net
Comments:
I don't know if anyone will get this but I need help. My husband and I came up this last weekend and we broke 2 axels. I got out on monday 8/29/05 but my husband stayed to try to fix the jeep. I am worried now it is Wed 8/31 and I think he is out of water and food by now can anyone email or call me with help on making sure he is safe. Or who I can contact. we have no friends that own 4x4 I live in Sacramento and have a baby so its hard for me to get back up there. the last place I left him was at the bottom of Cadilac Hill. Please if anyone gets the I need some advice I am worried about my husband. My # is 916-555-1969. My name is Jackie and my husband is Mark.

[peesalot]

Hey , any info. on this guy ? I just talked with Jackie and she has got ED county search and rescue sending a chopper up now . But , she said they broke and he walked them up to caddy staging area on Monday where they met some guys from WA who were gonna take him back down to the rig which was not in the best of spots ( hangin off cliff sorta ) at bottom of caddy below v rock. She said it was secure but worries he may have been injured trying to repair rig. There were people at springs when they left to hike out Monday but she does not know if they ran into him when they were leaving or not. She fears the chopper may not be able to spot him . They broke the drivers side axle twice and were outa spares I think. Someone's gotta be able to get down there asap , I'm in north bay and would go but hell , someone is closer , c'mon , anyone ?

[UGET IT]

There will be pleanty of folks going into the Springs tomorrow and EC is the Caretaker in the Springs.

I am sure he is fine but I understand her concern.

[yj-mule]

I know the immediate focus is on safety/food etc... But some info on the vehicle would be helpful so spare parts could possibly be taken if someone is close by.

[mrs._danger]

We plan on heading in tomorrow night. We'll keep out eyes open for him, but that's the soonest we'll be going in.

[peesalot]

Search and rescue chopper confirmed Mark is broke and o.k. , being towed out to Loon .

[FJ_Dave]

I'm available to run some part/supplies up to Loon tomorrow (late Thursday morning) if anyone has something Mark can use.
P/M me if I can be of any help.

[peesalot]

from what his wife said they have a trailer waiting to put his rig on .

[JoshC]

Search and rescue chopper confirmed Mark is broke and o.k. , being towed out to Loon .

Good news! Thanks for the update.

[CJ]

Search and rescue chopper confirmed Mark is broke and o.k. , being towed out to Loon .
Why to Loon and not Tahoe? He was at the bottom of Cadilac.

[Rubicrawler]

I just got off the phone with Jackie and everything is fine! A group of guys from Washington got Mark back to Loon at about 3:00am this morning. She went up and picked him up and they're driving into Sac on hwy 50 as I type this. She asked me to thank everyone that offered help and support!

To the guys that helped drag Mark out- you ROCK!!!

[mrs._danger]

Glad to hear that He's ok and everything worked out.

[flywaterguide]

Yep. Great news.

FG

[five-cent]

Wow, can't believe I'm reading this...My name is Larry, and I'm one of the guys from WA that got him out. man what a freakin mess it was. We brought him back to the Fallen Leaf campground with us, I took him back to his Jeep on tuesday. Someone had given him the wrong axle shafts, but lucky for him we had a set and gave him one. We helped him get it going again, but there was no way he could get back up Cadillac. It was wet and he simply could not get it going and kept losing traction. Part of it may have been fear of breaking another shaft, who knows. He decided to camp with us at Rubicon Springs and follow us out through Loon Lake. We fed him well, and made him take a shower in my camp shower set-up 'cause he stunk so bad :D He had a very difficult time with big sluice and several other areas, so I strapped him many times. One of our rigs broke a set of shackles, so we had to booty-fab a set, then another rig lost the alternator and chose to run ahead of us to get out before dark. bad move...made a wrong turn and it quit...then we had to go find him, put in another battery and get him out. None of us had been to the Con before, and we got lost in the bowl(?) at around midnight. I finally found our way to the gatekeeper, and found that my unlimited is a bit big to fit around the first rocks, so I drove over those 2 big ones :D I'm too friggin' old for these all nighters, but we all got out and had a blast there, even Mark. I called his wife around 3 am to let him know he was OK, but that he would be a while...see, he was stuck in 4Low...with a 4:1. Hey Mark, if you read this...fix your junk and better luck next time :D

[got 4wd]

Larry,

Thanks for being such a good group of wheelers. I hate reading the stranded/broke posts. Glad you guys were there and willing to help!

[Jeepndel]

WOW...good story of wheelers helping each other.
Del

[CJSIXER]

Larry? Hey aren't you one of the Senior Moderators from JU? I thought you guys were all web wheelers! Are you sure you were there for this rescue op? :flipoff2: :grinpimp: :flipoff2:

[five-cent]

Larry? Hey aren't you one of the Senior Moderators from JU? I thought you guys were all web wheelers! Are you sure you were there for this rescue op? :flipoff2: :grinpimp: :flipoff2:

If I admit to it, will they ban me here :grinpimp: :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

[Kensoffroad]

Way to go Larry!! Ken told you the Rubicon was fun!!

Heidi