Day/date: June 30, 1987


                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Fatality - Climbing Accident
Log number:    87-128
Date/time of incident: 6/23, 3:30pm  Date/time received: 6/30, noon
Park: Grand Teton NP     Location: Buck Mountain
Reported by: Ed Christian, Asst. CR, GRTE
Received, by: Melissa Warner, WASO

Summary:
On Sunday, 6/28, B.J. was descending Buck Mountain along with 3 companions.
The group had reached the summit at 11:00am; as they prepared to descend, they
split into 2 pairs to return to their base camp near the base of the mountain.
B.J. and his partner ended up going off route on the "way down. His partner
became stuck on a ledge and could go neither up or down. B.J. continued on
alone to get help for his companion. The other pair of climbers could see the
man on the ledge but said they were too exhausted to go back to help him. As
it became dark, they went to park headquarters to get help. At approximately
9:20pm the park climbing rangers were notified and a search was started.
At 2:45am two rangers reached the man on the ledge. Darkness made it unsafe
to try and get him off the ledge immediately, so the group waited for daylight
and descended the next morning. At dawn a helicopter and 2 other rangers flew
the area in search of B.J.. His body was located in approximately 4 feet
of water in a "snowmelt" pond. It appeared that B.J. had fallen the
afternoon before and had suffered a head injury. His tracks indicate he fell
several more times before reaching the area of unstable snow where his body
was found.  Autopsy results show cause of death due to hypothermia. Next of
kin notified. A Board of Inquiry will be conducted next week at park
headquarters.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age
B.J.                                Indiana, PA              20



                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Search In Progress
Log number: 87-130
Date/time of incident: 6/28, 6 pm    Date/time received: 6/30, 8 am
Park: Indiana Dunes      Location: Lake Michigan
Reported by: Dick Littlefield, CR, INDO (through J. Townsend, MWRO)
Received by: Bill Halainen, Ranger Activities, WASO

Summary:
M.P. and J.B. were on a Hobie Cat catamaran three miles out on Lake
Michigan on the evening of the 20th when both fell off. At 1 pm on the 29th,
a park visitor found J.B. in the water just off the park shoreline and
rescued him. J.B. told rangers that M.P. had been with him and was
still in the water, and a search was begun. The catamaran was found a mile
and a half off-shore, but there's no sign yet of M.P.. Rangers are
currently involved in both water and shoreline searches along with the
Coast Guard and other agencies.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age
J.B.                            Chicago, Illinois        Not given
M.P.                            Chicago, Illinois          3/28/62


                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Search In Progress
Log number: 87-131
Date/time of incident: 6/29, pro.      Date/time received: 6/30, 3 am
Park: Ozark                                  Location: Unknown
Reported by: Tom Graham, CR, OZAR (through J. Townsend, MWRO)
Received by: Bill Halainen, Ranger Activities, WASO

Summary:
D.K., a mentally retarded resident of a nearby nursing home, was picking
berries when he wandered off, presumably into the park. A search has been
initiated by the park and is on-going. No further information currently
available.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age
D.K.                             Not available               54