Lost climbers found thanks to geocache

Here’s the story as reported by one of many news outlets.

Excerpt:

“After the cell phone call, the pair began heading down the mountain, but they couldn’t give rescuers an exact location since they did not have a mountain locator device. However, the pair found a Geocache, which helped searchers zero in on them. A Geocache is a box with a known GPS location, used in a game similar to a treasure hunt that’s popular with backcountry adventurers.

Searchers following the climbers’ phone and Geocache clues found them around 10 a.m., and then led the two men toward a trailhead near Government Camp.”

Thanks to GPSTracklog for posting the story, which is how I learned of it.