S T E A M B O AT
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THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 217
RO U T T
C O U N T Y ’ S
DA I LY
N E W S PA P E R
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Large crowd at 700 talk Diversely opinionated, passionate group attends town hall meeting Page 4
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Xeriscaping class today Sustainable Business Program workshop encourages conservation Page 2
SPORTS
Still searching, 40 years later Search and Rescue looks back on 4 decades of backcountry missions Zach Fridell
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
Gunderson wins title Page 20
■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .26 Comics . . . . . . . .24 Crossword . . . . .25 Happenings . . . . .7 Horoscope . . . . .24
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
With the temperature dropping and the sun beginning to set over Rabbit Ears Pass on a bluebird day in 1969, Marc Satre heard the snowmobile driven by his friend drop off into a gulley, through the chestdeep snow and out of sight.
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Satre, 25 at the time, was with one other friend, 50-something Max Shelby. “He said, ‘I’ll go for help, you go get him,’” Satre recalled this week. Satre waded through the deep snow and down the embankment, where he found his friend “in bad shape.” Satre urged him up, “beating him” to keep him moving. The man
■ WEATHER
Sunshine. High of 78.
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collapsed as Satre put him atop the snowmobile. Satre and his injured friend didn’t make it to the nearest road until 1:30 a.m., a full 11 hours after the accident and just as the makeshift search party arranged by Shelby arrived in the parking lot. Shelby had returned to See Search, page 14
Above: Early Routt County Search and Rescue members, from right, Jim Hicks, Chuck Vale, Richard Williams, Kirby Duncan and Wayne Weber, stand in front of one of the organization’s first vehicles at Little Toots Park. The vehicle was painted by Marc Satre, one of the founding members. The photo was taken shortly after the Dec. 4, 1978, Rocky Mountain Airways plane crash rescue. (Courtesy photo)
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