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# DLA equipment helps rescue hikers 

By Jeff LandenbergerDLA Disposition Services

The weatherwas real. The hikers were really lost. While it wasn’t a reality show there is a star in this story, a cat fromDLA.

The cat had tracks.

When those lost hikers called 911their call went to the King County Sheriff’s Office in Washington State   DLA Disposition Services hadrecentlyprovided a Snowcat, a light tracked vehicle designed for use in snow.   

It had just been put into serviceafter being turned in by a Navy facility.

“We have lots of outdoor wildernessrecreation areas and perform up to 200 search and rescue missions each year,”said Sgt. Cindi West of the King County Sheriff's Office.

Deputy Ed Christian, the lead Search and RescueDeputy with the sheriff’s office, called their Snowcat “an invaluable tool forour search and rescue members and the public we serve.” 

He said the two lost hikers hadmade it five to six miles up a trail before they became lost and called forhelp. The snow was four feet deep in some places.

West said that without the Snowcat the rescueteam would have had to use snow shoes to hike in to search for the hikers, 

“Using the Cat we were able to get to the lostmen quickly.  It would have taken hoursmore to hike through the deep snow to find them and bring them to safety,”Christian said.

West said that the hikers had beenill-equipped for the snowy conditions of the trail and were cold and wet, butotherwise okay.   

Without out the ‘cat, the storymight have had a different ending.

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