Florida couple rescued from 13,000-foot peak
Published: September 11, 2003
A Florida couple was plucked off a 13,114-foot peak Thursday by helicopter, two days after their sport utility vehicle was stranded in a September snowstorm after they set out for a drive.
A search and rescue team had been unable to get up the road on Imogene Pass to reach Jane and Daryl Seaton, both 43, of Clearwater. They were taken to the Telluride Medical Center, where Daryl Seaton was treated for frostbite and his wife was treated for exhaustion.
Seaton was able to call for help on his cell phone, though its battery had died. He managed to rig up a new battery, using a camera battery and band aid, said Jennifer Smith, spokeswoman for the San Miguel County sheriff’s office.
Because Seaton had a fishing license, there will be no bill for his rescue, Smith said.
It was the second rescue operation for the Colorado county this week.
A 36-year-old man from Breckenridge, Edward Magoffin, became lost in the same storm Tuesday while climbing with a friend on Wilson Peak. The friend made it to safety but Magoffin spent two nights in the backcountry.
He walked to a campground Thursday and someone drove him to the sheriff’s office, Smith said. He was eager to contact friends and family to let them know he was OK and turned down food and coffee.
Magoffin could be asked to pay for rescue efforts because he had no hunting, fishing or hiking license.
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