The Gem State Guardian - Spring 2011 - Keep Trees
The Gem State Guardian - Spring 2011 - Keep Trees
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Snowmobiler<br />
rescued by Guard<br />
helicopter team<br />
On March 22, an UH-60 Black Hawk crew from Company<br />
A, 168th General Services Aviation Battalion, Idaho Army<br />
National Guard, was called in to help locate a lost snowmobiler<br />
stuck in a remote area near Bennett Mountain in Elmore<br />
County for two nights in blizzard conditions. A small break in<br />
the weather allowed the crew to search for him, fi nd him and<br />
hoist him into the helicopter with a happy outcome—other<br />
than minor frostbite, the man is now fi ne.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rescued man happens to be a retired Idaho Air<br />
National Guard offi cer, Lt. Col. Craig Noll. He tried using his<br />
cell phone a couple of times during his plight, but could not<br />
reach anybody. However, the cell phone company picked<br />
up his pings and used them to triangulate his area and get a<br />
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