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"Message in a Bottle" Rescue at Arroyo Seco River
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through PR Newswire's website.
Nalgene Outdoor reports on a quick-thinking rescue mission of hikers who were stuck in a remote part of the Arroyo Seco River known as "The Waterfall." Nalgene Outdoor, manufacturers of the original water bottle that traces its roots back to 1949, applauds the search and rescue work of Curtis Whitson who used an SOS message in a Nalgene water bottle.
This summer, Whitson, his 13-year old son, Hunter, and Whitson's girlfriend, Krystal Ramirez embarked on a 20-plus mile journey along the Arroyo Seco River, a beautiful stretch along California's Central Coast area they had hiked often. A few days into the trip, and near its end, Mother Nature had other plans. High and fierce water in the "narrows" or waterfall section of the river made a familiar terrain unpassable. Desperate for a way to reach other humans and needing something that was durable enough to survive the rough current, Whitson detached his Nalgene bottle from his backpack, etched "HELP" on the hard exterior of the bottle with a knife and collaborated with Ramirez to write "We are stuck here@the waterfall, get help!" on a piece of paper. He tucked the note inside the Nalgene bottle and with one toss the bottle cleared the falls and floated downstream. Within hours two hikers found the Nalgene bottle and reported the incident to the local camp director. California Highway Patrol (CHP) – Coastal Division Air Operations rescued Whitson and family by the next morning.
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