Cold day mid December, winter just begin to get into its full form. Randy, Allen and Nick decide that they wanted to do something a little adventurous and to remember. Since graduating high school is only five months away randy being the lean on me type of guy that he is made a call to his fellow wing mates. Upon answering their cell phones hi Allen randy said is nick around he ask, yes he said he sitting right here with me. After finding that out randy explain to the guys how he have been planning a hiking trip up the hills in Athens, Georgia. Allen and Nick thought that this was exciting because they have always talked about doing something like this before taking off to college. These guys threw out most of their middle school and high school lives have been seen as predictable. The one thing the guys didn’t know because you could never predict the future is that life itself was about to come at them full circle. Neither of these young man had ever done anything outside of their hometown of Columbus Georgia. This would be the last time these guys would have the chance to do anything together. The guys woke up early Thursday morning and met up meet up at randy house considering that they all lived miles apart form each other. The guys lay out the plan of getting to the hills early enough so that they can pitch their tents and head into the mountains. Nick, Allen and randy plans were to hit this hiking trip and be back home Saturday to spent Christmas with their family. The guys packed everything they thought was going to be needed up in the hills. After a good breakfast the guys headed never telling any of their respected families what they was about to embark on. When ask where they was headed to, each one of the boys told their respected parents that they was going to be staying at each others home for few days to work on a project due when they return to school after the holidays. With all that said the boys were finally on they way out to their hiking trip. The boys made it to Stone Mountain Park safely with enough time to pitch their tents and head to the hills of Athens. The trail between Stone Mountain Park and the snow-covered hills of Athens is about 30 miles apart with trees and rocky type hills in between the way. The boys knew of the winter condition being that they were from Georgia, but had no idea what lay ahead. Now that the guys are settling in, they grabbed a few things flash light, food, first aid and their tents after leaving the cabin area where most hikers check in. The guys hit the trail very excited, it begin to snow lightly. Half way into the hills it begin snowing harder, the winds swirling 25 to 30 miles per hour. The guys decide to find a nice soft spot in the woods to set up their tents for the night. In a loud echo threw out the woods the guys heard a loud call for help. Upon arrival the guys come across two younger men accompanied by an older man sitting by the side of a road on some boulders. The older man is complaining of chest pains and is in some distress. The nearest medical is about 30 to 45 miles out of the hills of Athens and Stone Mountain Park. With the snowstorm aggressively picking up in it’s more like 50 miles plus not counting what around them. The night is vastly approaching with no way of contacting the nearest park ranger on duty. It so happens the Randy wants to attend UGA to practice medicine after high school. Since the guys had pitch their tents not to far from where the old man sitting, the easiest thing so far would be to get him to their tents so randy can help him. It so that the chest pains the old man was feeling was because he was having a minor heart attack. The two young ones with him were his sons. Their family also on a winter vacation staying at cabin with his wife and daughter, decided to go hiking in the hills. In the first aid kit that was pack nick happen to slip in an AED with everything else. After giving the old man a few painkillers to numb the pain and thin out his blood, randy put him on the AED to get heart regularly again. Now that the old man was restored to decent health there was still the problem of getting out of the snowstorm before everyone freeze to death. The older gentle mans family back at the cabin contact the on duty office a told him that three members of their family was missing. A search team sent out but because of the growing feet of snow and swirling winds they was force to regroup each time. Allen is a bit of science nerd, he was able to send a distress signal using high beam blinking flashing lights. The rescue team on their final go around was able to pick it up getting everyone stuck out there to safety. The old man got the proper medical help needed. As for Randy Nick and Allen this was the last time they did anything together. Their respected families caught their heroic actions on the local news. They are now grounded until graduation.
Running head: A WILDERNESS EMERGENCY

A Wilderness Emergency
Kennean Joseph
University of Pheonix
COM
172
Stephen Wilson
January 23, 2012
A Wilderness Emergency