She said the road was pretty bad and at one point she and her husband had to get out and remove rocks from the road. Their ordeal started innocently on a mountain road the family thought would be a shortcut, but things quickly spiraled out of control, said Ryan Lee, 30, of Portland, who was one of the first people Kati Kim called after she was rescued.Īt first it was only raining, she told Lee, but snow began falling as they got higher in the mountains. It's about 55 miles down I-5 from Roseburg to Grants Pass and then another 55 miles over the Coast Range to Gold Beach. The Kims didn't even reach the road until well after dark, having eaten dinner that night in the central Oregon town of Roseburg. But it is narrow, steep in spots and lightly traveled even in the summer. The road they chose, Bear Camp Road out of Grants Pass, roughly parallels the Rogue River and has stunning views of the Coast Range. Then they left for a stopover in Gold Beach on the southwest coast, visiting a chamber of commerce in a Portland suburb along the way to ask for a map for a scenic route. They spent Thanksgiving in Seattle with relatives and then went to Portland, where they had brunch with a friend Nov. 18 on a combined vacation and work trip for James Kim. Kati Kim ate chicken and mashed potatoes and asked for a fast-food fish sandwich. 25 consisted of a hamburger and Cheetos chased down by hot chocolate. Her first substantial meal since the night of Nov.
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Penelope told her rescuers that she "loved this place," the hospital said. "They are in remarkably good shape for spending nine days in the wilderness," said Undersheriff Brian Anderson of Josephine County, Ore. (AP Photo/The Grants Pass Daily Courier, Jim Krois) JIM KROIS Show More Show Less Sabine Kim is in a yellow blanket and being carried by a rescuer at right. A search continues for the woman's husband, James Kim, police said. Four members of the San Francisco family had last been seen Nov. 4, 2006, in Merlin, Ore., after she and her daughters, Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, were rescued in the mountains of southwest Oregon about 35 miles west of Grants Pass. **All names cq (source) Carlos Avila Gonzalez Show More Show Less 8 of21 Kati Kim, center, of San Francisco, talks with her father-in-law, Monday, Dec. Searchers had a trail they were following. Kati Kim was rescued with her two daughters at the family vehicle, but James Kim was still missing after setting out to try to get help two days prior. Search and rescue personnel continued to scour maps and discuss planned searches that would continue overnight and into the next day. Even while Kati Kim and her two daughters rested in a Grants Pass, Or., hospital after being rescued Monday afternoon, December 4, 2006, the search continued for her husband James. **All names cq (source) Carlos Avila Gonzalez Show More Show LessĦ of21 7 of21 Josephine County Undersheriff, Brian Anderson, discusses some of the possible search areas where James Kim may have ventured after striking out to look for help. THe search continues for James Kim, but rescuers are hindered by snow and steep terrain in the region. **All names cq (source) Carlos Avila Gonzalez Show More Show Less 5 of21 KIM-SEARCH_005_CAG.JPGĪ red push pin shows the location where Kati Kim and her two daughters were found after 9 days lost in souther Oregon and air lifted to safety.
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Photo taken on 12/4/06, in Grants Pass, Or, USA. Photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle
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Josephine County Undersheriff, Brian Anderson, points out possible search areas where James Kim may have ventured after striking out to look for help.