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An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter was plucking stranded Northern Arizona University students out of an area near the north rim of the Grand Canyon and flying them to...

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Sometimes the hardest part of getting out doesn't start until you reach the car. That's happened a couple times for me. Once a storm was coming and I spent half a day nearly running out under a full load so I could get my rental car across the ford before water rose. After eight miles, I beat the rain by half an hour, but the water was already rising. (I'm glad I read the weather signs right). Another time was more like this story. Mrs. big_load and I were coming up from Havasu Falls in a heavy snow that was burying our car up at the top. We were lucky not be stuck, but we drove for two hours before getting much above walking speed.

Thanks for posting!

This was NAU Outdoors. They have a lot of great classes available to take as elective credit or also if you are majoring in Parks and Rec Mgmt. A 3 credit class in Multiday river guiding was my fave, in Grand Canyon! I also took mtn bike repair, whitewater kayaking, medicinal plants, water rescue, etc. (This was mostly in 2011.)

I noticed the article says "They knew what they were doing." They do work hard to have a respectable program. I didn't take any of the backpacking courses because I wanted to experience new stuff, however.

Glad to hear they got out okay.