ELT & PLB Info

An ACR personal locator beacon saved the lives of two campers in the Rocky Mountains.  Two campers were stranded when a small stream they crossed a day earlier became engorged by heavy rain waters when they were trying to return to base camp.  There was no way to return to the ranger station by any other means than crossing the stream.  To continue on the other way, was to go deeper into the wilderness and not get closer to civilization.  Left with no other means to get help the campers activated the ACR Microfix personal locator beacon they were carrying.  Rescue services arrived in a few hours via army helicopter to air lift the stranded campers to safety.  Another rescue attributed to the highly effective PLB.