While doom-scrolling decades of Yosemite NP Morning Reports located here: http://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/yose.htm, I came upon this (bolded emphasis mine):
Friday, April 21, 1995
95-174 – Yosemite (California) – Search and Rescue
On March 23rd, Wawona rangers received a report of two skiers – J.L. and A.B. – who were overdue from a planned eight-day trip to the Triple Divide Peak area. A three-day search was begun by two helicopters and about ten park employees. The crew of a rescue helicopter from Lemoore NAS spotted the skiers on the morning of March 25th. Both were in good condition. J.L. and A.B. had spent four days and nights holed up in a tent while up to ten feet of new snow fell around them. J.L. created a chess set from raisins, nuts and moleskin to pass the time in between clearing snow off the tent. J.L. has since written to the park to report his shock at all the attention the incident received. He’s been interviewed on cable TV and several radio talk shows, has had articles about him appear in several papers, and was even asked to come up on stage at a local folk music performance to tell his story.
It reminded me of a mountain guide friend who said his hardest task on Denali was not the technical aspects of climbing but was keeping the clients sane while in a snow cave for 2 weeks during a storm.
