In Colorado we find the bodies of hikers who failed to tell anyone where they were going, every year. A surprising number of who deside to hike in the winter and don’t properly pack for the weather, don’t go in a group, and don’t inform anyone what trail they are taking.
Always and every time infom other exactly where you are hiking, what time you are starting and do not change your plans.
Apparently someone tried to bushwhack to the top of 13’er just a few days ago. He had a cotton hoodie and nothing else. In November.
Rescue found him at 2 am upright in the fetal position and covered in snow. It took 5 hours to get him down from his perilous position. He’s somehow still alive.
I often wonder about people like that. Will he learn from it and grow or was he up there in those conditions precisely because he’s not the sort of person to take important life lessons to heart?
In Colorado we find the bodies of hikers who failed to tell anyone where they were going, every year. A surprising number of who deside to hike in the winter and don’t properly pack for the weather, don’t go in a group, and don’t inform anyone what trail they are taking.
Always and every time infom other exactly where you are hiking, what time you are starting and do not change your plans.
Apparently someone tried to bushwhack to the top of 13’er just a few days ago. He had a cotton hoodie and nothing else. In November.
Rescue found him at 2 am upright in the fetal position and covered in snow. It took 5 hours to get him down from his perilous position. He’s somehow still alive.
I often wonder about people like that. Will he learn from it and grow or was he up there in those conditions precisely because he’s not the sort of person to take important life lessons to heart?
And for chrissakes try and use a reliable trail map