Mounted search and rescue

["T'mi Finkle" <tfinkle@erols.com>]

Una wrote: 

> A day hike can involve traveling 5+ miles from the nearest trailhead.
Even in New Mexico SAR missions that go this far into backcountry,in National 
Park Service lands and elsewhere, are not all that
frequent.


You are correct, the number of NPS multi resource searches (yearly) is 
relatively small.  I've included the NPS stats for those
wanting more info on this topic: Please keep in mind that many lost/missing 
person incidents (within park lands) are handled onsite
by park rangers/staff in less than an hour, which are not recorded within the 
yearly NPS stats:
http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/foia/upload/FY12_FOIA_LOG_FOR_WEB.pdf  
Unfortunately, statistical data is only as good as what is entered
into the recording system.

T'mi