All these kids should be carrying phones and GPS. Cheap life savers!!
As much as I hate cell phones I do carry mine out in the woods.
Don’t know what part of UT. this happened, the SlickRock country is very spotty though. By air miles it might not be all that far to a tower but the whole area is basically a maze of sandstone canyons within canyons and mesas. I managed to punch through from well into Canyonlands, I swear what made the difference after repeated failed connections was taking off my rubber flip-flops and “grounding” myself barefoot to the rock. $20 TracFone.
I don’t think they have cell towers out there...
Maybe he can get credit for this towards the Order of the Arrow.
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