Big Red's First victim for 2004

Here's a sad tale about the first vehicular victim - actually on Little Red, not Big red. A local visiting Big Red saw something on the western side of Little Red that didn't look right so he investigated and thought he had found a vehicle with two bodies - thank goodness, they were asleep only ,at 11:30 a.m.. They had been at the base of Little Red on the western side for 24 hours.!! Had gone out the day before to "look" at Big Red, decided to "conquer" it not realising they were on Little Red. Did not let their tyres down enough in the brand new 100 series so had to go like a bat out of hell to get over the top and when they flew over the top there was nothing on the other side (as in, western side of the crest of the dune is all dished out like Wave Rock), landed very heavily on the other side and have a broken front diff housing and wheels at unusual angles.
1. As they were only 37 klms from town and going for a tourist look - they told no-one where they were going.
2. No food and very little water.
3. No communications - even a hand-held UHF would have picked someone up, possibly the ringers working in that area.
4. Temperatures in mid-40s in town, not much in the way of trees/shelter on those dunes.
5. Insurance company not willing to talk.
6. Very lucky.