VIDEO: High above Corner Canyon, a bird’s eye view reveals seemingly endless miles of bike paths and trails. For two years now, search and rescue teams have been getting to know certain spots on these trails by name. By three names, that is. “Cornfield, ranches patrol,” is the identification given to the space Draper Fire Capt. Kevin Wilkey was standing in. When Wilkey walked just 10 feet down the trail, the What3Words locator app identified a whole new square, with a new set of words. It gives a GPS coordinate, but then it ties it to words,” explained Wilkey.
“And when somebody calls 911, our dispatchers will ask them what the three words are.” That might have been helpful for Lehi High School senior Adam Stewart. “We didn’t know exactly where I was,” Stewart recalled. It was August 2024 when his mountain bike training run came to an abrupt end. A crash sent him over his handlebars and to the emergency room with a broken collarbone. He recalled members of his Lehi High School mountain bike team being asked by dispatch if they knew their three-word locator.
